GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 Improper Input Validation in libpam4j

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-13 Modified 2022-07-01 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-12197
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.kohsuke:libpam4j
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2022-07-01

Affected packages

• Maven org.kohsuke:libpam4j: < 1.10 → fixed in 1.10

Description

It was found that libpam4j prior to 1.10 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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-12197 It was found that libpam4j up to and including 1.8 did not properly validate user accounts when authenticating. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References