ALPINE-CVE-2020-27780

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    ALPINE-CVE-2020-27780

    Published: 18 Dec 2020Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-27780

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users. When the user doesn't exist PAM try to authenticate with root and in the case of an empty password it successfully authenticate.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-27780

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-pam

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/linux-pam?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.5.0
    Fixed -1.5.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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