Argument injection vulnerability in login (login-utils/login.c) in util-linux-ng 2.14 and earlier makes it easier for remote attackers to…

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in login (login-utils/login.c) in util-linux-ng 2.14 and earlier makes it easier for remote attackers to hide activities by modifying portions of log events, as demonstrated by appending an "addr=" statement to the login name, aka "audit log injection."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.9% · top 9.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (15)

• 30014 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0143 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=login-utils/login.c%3Bh=230121316d953c59e7842c1325f6e9f326a37608%3Bhp=aad27794327c60391b5148b367d2c79338fc6ee4%3Bhb=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782%3Bhpb=3a4a13b12a8065b0b5354686d2807cce421a9973 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1392 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• utillinuxng-login-data-manipulation(41987) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 1022256 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 20091112 rPSA-2009-0143-1 util-linux util-linux-extras (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 28983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9833 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 35161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3419 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0981 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-1926](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-1926.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-1926)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:40 UTC.