{"id":"CVE-2017-12197","details":"It was found that libpam4j up to and including 1.8 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.","aliases":["GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66"],"modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:00.433203426Z","published":"2018-01-18T21:29:00.203Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2904"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2905"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2906"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00008.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4025"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503103"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/kohsuke/libpam4j","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"b4a4cb04a79cdc629ec43421e95c498239c08ff6"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.8"}]}}],"versions":["libpam4j-1.5","libpam4j-1.6","libpam4j-1.7","libpam4j-1.8"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.0"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12197.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}