Information Exposure Affecting yubico-pam package, versions <2.26-1
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-YUBICOPAM-11775299
- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed4 Apr 2018
Introduced: 4 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-9275 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:14 yubico-pam to version 2.26-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yubico-pam package and not the yubico-pam package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
In check_user_token in util.c in the Yubico PAM module (aka pam_yubico) 2.18 through 2.25, successful logins can leak file descriptors to the auth mapping file, which can lead to information disclosure (serial number of a device) and/or DoS (reaching the maximum number of file descriptors).