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TI-2022-26652 Aliases GHSA-gmhj-xjfh-cf6m

Caddy-SSH vulnerable to Authorization Bypass due to incorrect usage of PAM library

Priority LOW 38CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
No fix listed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Not invoking a call to `pam_acct_mgmt` after a call to `pam_authenticate` to check the validity of a login can lead to an authorization bypass. ### Impact #### Exploitability The attack can be carried over the network. A complex non-standard configuration or a specialized condition is required for the attack to be successfully conducted. The attacker also requires access to a users credentials, be it expired, for an attack to be successful. There is no user interaction required for successful execution. The attack can affect components outside the scope of the target module. #### Impact Using this attack vector, an attacker may access otherwise restricted parts of the system. The attack can be used to gain access to confidential files like passwords, login credentials and other secrets. Hence, it has a high impact on confidentiality. It may also be directly used to affect a change on a system resource. Hence has a medium to high impact on integrity. This attack may not be used to affect the availability of the system. Taking this account an appropriate CVSS v3.1 vector would be [AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L&version=3.1) ### Root Cause Analysis In this case, in the following PAM transaction, only a call to `pam.Authenticate` is used to login a user. https://github.com/mohammed90/caddy-ssh/blob/1d980ceea6e67765daf19b5e644c7a0773fdaa13/internal/authentication/os/pam.go#L60 This implies that a user with expired credentials can still login. The bug can be verified easily by creating a new user account, expiring it with `chage -E0 <username>` and then trying to log in with the expired credentials. ### Patches This can be fixed by invoking a call to `pam.AcctMgmt` after a successful call to `pam.Authenticate` ### References * [Man Page for pam_acct_mgmt](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_acct_mgmt.3.html) * [CWE-863](http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html) * [CWE-285](http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/285.html)

Why it matters now

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—github.com/mohammed90/caddy-ssh (Go)——No fix listedGHSA-gmhj-xjfh-cf6m
  • github.com/mohammed90/caddy-ssh (Go) Vendor— Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-gmhj-xjfh-cf6m

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-gmhj-xjfh-cf6m

References

Sources

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