Improper Authentication Affecting shadow-maint/shadow package, versions [4.4 ,]
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applicationsSnyk Learn
Learn about Improper Authentication vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.
Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SHADOWMAINTSHADOW-8551057
- published26 Dec 2024
- disclosed26 Dec 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 26 Dec 2024
NewCVE-2024-56433 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for shadow-maint/shadow.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication due to the default configuration of /etc/subuid. This configuration assigns a default range of subuids which can potentially conflict with user IDs on locally managed networks.
Note: It could also be argued that system administrators should avoid assigning UIDs within ranges that /etc/subuid might allocate.