TI-2002-01183 Aliases CVE-2002-1227 GHSA-pw86-jwrv-pxmm

PAM 0.76 treats a disabled password as if it were an empty (null) password, which allows…

LOW 37Published 2004-09-01 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

PAM 0.76 treats a disabled password as if it were an empty (null) password, which allows local and remote attackers to gain privileges as disabled users.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02426 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:pam:pam:0.76:::::::*	0.76	Vulnerable	Pam

cpe:2.3:a:pam:pam:0.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.76 Vulnerable ·Pam

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1227
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pw86-jwrv-pxmm

References

Patch 1

DSA-177

Advisory 1

pam-disabled-bypass-authentication(10405)

TI-1999-00337 Linux PAM modules allow local users to gain root access using temporary files. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.2
TI-2005-02809 The SELinux version of PAM before 0.78 r3 allows local users to perform brute force… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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