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TI-2022-11097 Aliases CVE-2022-28321GHSA-p9vf-jjj8-m5r9

The Linux-PAM package before 1.5.2-6.1 for openSUSE Tumbleweed allows authentication…

Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

The Linux-PAM package before 1.5.2-6.1 for openSUSE Tumbleweed allows authentication bypass for SSH logins. The pam_access.so module doesn't correctly restrict login if a user tries to connect from an IP address that is not resolvable via DNS. In such conditions, a user with denied access to a machine can still get access. NOTE: the relevance of this issue is largely limited to openSUSE Tumbleweed and openSUSE Factory; it does not affect Linux-PAM upstream.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01579 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.5.2-6.1VulnerableLinux-PAM
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:tumbleweed:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.5.2-6.1 Vulnerable ·Linux-PAM
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:tumbleweed:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·openSUSE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-28321
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p9vf-jjj8-m5r9

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-16865 Improper authentication in pam CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-02867 The _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2014-02069 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8
  • TI-2009-00845 Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.6
  • TI-2010-04431 The pam_env module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pam_environment… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2010-03660 pam_namespace.c in the pam_namespace module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.3 uses the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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