Weak Password Requirements The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gpw  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-GPW-15028100
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed29 Oct 2019

Introduced: 29 Oct 2019

CVE-2011-4931  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-521  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gpw package and not the gpw package as distributed by Ubuntu.

gpw generates shorter passwords than required