CVE-2025-24032CWE-287

PAM-PKCS#11 vulnerable to authentication bypass with default value for `cert_policy` (`none`)

Critical · published February 10, 2025

CVSS v4.0
9.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PAM-PKCS#11 is a Linux-PAM login module that allows a X.509 certificate based user login. Prior to version 0.6.13, if cert_policy is set to none (the default value), then pam_pkcs11 will only check if the user is capable of logging into the token. An attacker may create a different token with the user's public data (e.g. the user's certificate) and a PIN known to the attacker. If no signature with the private key is required, then the attacker may now login as user with that created token. The default to *not* check the private key's signature has been changed with commit commi6638576892b59a99389043c90a1e7dd4d783b921, so that all versions starting with pam_pkcs11-0.6.0 should be affected. As a workaround, in `pam_pkcs11.conf`, set at least `cert_policy = signature;`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
9.2 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
EPSS
0.00712 · 53.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2025-02-10T15:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 FEB 15:43Z
    PAM-PKCS#11 vulnerable to authentication bypass with default value for `cert_policy` (`none`)
    cvelistv5