CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-24531
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-393
Description
In OpenSC pam_pkcs11 before 0.6.13, pam_sm_authenticate() wrongly returns PAM_IGNORE in many error situations (such as an error triggered by a smartcard before login), allowing authentication bypass.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-393 Return of Wrong Status Code weakness
References
- https://github.com/OpenSC/pam_pkcs11/releases github.com
- https://github.com/OpenSC/pam_pkcs11/security/advisories/GHSA-7mf6-rg36-qgch github.com
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/06/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/06/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/06/7 www.openwall.com