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GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66

MEDIUM

GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-863 vulnerability in org.kohsuke:libpam4j. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Improper Input Validation in libpam4j

Also known asCVE-2017-12197
Published
May 13, 2022
Updated
Nov 8, 2023
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
org.kohsuke:libpam4j

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

It was found that libpam4j prior to 1.10 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.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
Mavenorg.kohsuke:libpam4jall versions1.10

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.kohsuke:libpam4j. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update org.kohsuke:libpam4j to 1.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

It was found that libpam4j prior to 1.10 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.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66 across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.