CVSS 3.0
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-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 password for a disabled account would be able to bypass security restrictions and possibly access sensitive information.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-20, CWE-863
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- libpam4j_project:libpam4j
- redhat:enterprise_linux
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 | Maven | org.kohsuke:libpam4j | <1.10 | 1.10 |