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CVE-2017-12197
It was found that libpam4j up to and including 1.8 did not properly validate user accounts when authenticating. A user with a valid…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.5%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
It was found that libpam4j up to and including 1.8 did not properly validate user accounts when authenticating. A user with a valid password for a disabled account would be able to bypass security restrictions and possibly access sensitive information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected up to and including 1.8
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.kohsuke:libpam4jGHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171107 [SECURITY] [DLA 1165-1] libpam4j security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2904 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2905 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2906 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503103 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 Advisory GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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