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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-12197

A user with a valid password for a disabled account would be able to bypass security restrictions and possibly access sensitive information.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.51% probability · 74th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-863, CWE-20
Affected
libpam4j project/libpam4j · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.51%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.