HighFix available
yubico-pam — security advisory
In check_user_token in util.c in the Yubico PAM module (aka pam_yubico) 2.18 through 2.25, successful logins can leak file descriptors to the auth mapping file, which can lead to information disclosure (serial number of a device) and/or DoS (reaching the maximum number of file descriptors).
- Products
- yubico-pam
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.26-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-9275
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In check_user_token in util.c in the Yubico PAM module (aka pam_yubico) 2.18 through 2.25, successful logins can leak file descriptors to the auth mapping file, which can lead to information disclosure (serial number of a device) and/or DoS (reaching the maximum number of file descriptors).
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275
yubico-pam
Fixed versions: 2.26-1
yubico-pam
Fixed versions: 2.26-1
yubico-pam
Fixed versions: 2.26-1
Complete source record
{
"id": "3d4bb23049cfa028f91124e61164a660d1ea3cf92aed73f2dadd861b0bdd0394",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275",
"summary": "In check_user_token in util.c in the Yubico PAM module (aka pam_yubico) 2.18 through 2.25, successful logins can leak file descriptors to the auth mapping file, which can lead to information disclosure (serial number of a device) and/or DoS (reaching the maximum number of file descriptors).",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "yubico-pam",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "2.26-1",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "yubico-pam",
"evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "2.26-1",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "yubico-pam",
"evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "2.26-1",
"evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "high",
"structured": {
"id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275",
"aliases": [
"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
}
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.26-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "yubico-pam",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/yubico-pam?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.26-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "yubico-pam",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/yubico-pam?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.26-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "yubico-pam",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/yubico-pam?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9275.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:10.180364765Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2018-9275"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-9275"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2018-9275",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 420661,
"published_at": "2018-04-04T18:29:02.497+00:00"
}