Improper Authentication Affecting libsubid5 package, versions <4.17.2-150600.17.18.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-LIBSUBID5-16049083
  • published14 Apr 2026
  • disclosed9 Apr 2026

Introduced: 9 Apr 2026

CVE-2023-4641  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 libsubid5 to version 4.17.2-150600.17.18.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsubid5 package and not the libsubid5 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve the password from the memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1