MariaDB has Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information and Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Summary When PAM dialog authentication is used, the connector can be coerced into sending the account password in cleartext over an insecure connection. A hostile or man-in-the-middle server can trigger this with the default configuration, disclosing the user's password. Details The...

CVE-2026-55854 MariaDB Connector/Node.js: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information and Insufficiently Protected Credentials in mariadb

MariaDB Connector/Node.js is used to connect applications developed on Node.js to MariaDB and MySQL databases. Prior to 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3, MariaDB Connector/Node.js can disclose an account password when PAM dialog authentication is negotiated over an insecure transport. In...

CVE-2026-55854

MariaDB Connector/Node.js can disclose an account password in cleartext when PAM dialog authentication is negotiated over an insecure transport. The root cause is in lib/cmd/handshake/auth/pam-password-auth.js and lib/cmd/handshake/authentication.js, where SendPamAuthPacketFactory lacked the secu...

CVE-2026-55854 MariaDB Connector/Node.js: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information and Insufficiently Protected Credentials in mariadb

MariaDB Connector/Node.js is used to connect applications developed on Node.js to MariaDB and MySQL databases. Prior to 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3, MariaDB Connector/Node.js can disclose an account password when PAM dialog authentication is negotiated over an insecure transport. In...

PT-2026-83348

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MariaDB Connector/Node.js versions prior to 3.2.4 MariaDB Connector/Node.js versions prior to 3.3.3 MariaDB Connector/Node.js versions prior to 3.4.6 MariaDB Connector/Node.js versions prior to 3.5.3 Description MariaDB Connector/Node.js can...

PT-2026-83373

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MariaDB Connector/J versions prior to 2.7.14 MariaDB Connector/J versions prior to 3.3.5 MariaDB Connector/J versions prior to 3.4.3 MariaDB Connector/J versions prior to 3.5.9 Description When using PAM dialog authentication, the connector ca...

RHSA-2026:60224 Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update

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SUSE SLES12: libipa_hbac-devel / libipa_hbac0 / libsss_certmap0 / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3797-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3797-1 advisory. This update for sssd fixes the following issue: - CVE-2026-68743: insufficient validation in the PAM responder can lead to an out-of-bounds...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update

An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CV...

linux-pam: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pam_userdb module

A flaw was found in Linux-PAM's pamuserdb module. This vulnerability, categorized as an Observable Timing Discrepancy CWE-208, allows a local or network-adjacent attacker to recover plaintext passwords. By repeatedly attempting authentication and measuring response-timing differences during...

pam security update

An update is available for pam. This update affects Rocky Linux 10. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM provide a system to set up authentication...

RLSA-2026:59379 Moderate: pam security update

Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication. Security Fixes: linux-pam: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pamuserdb module CVE-2026-54411 For more details about the...

RHSA-2026:59379 Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update

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AlmaLinux 10 : pam (ALSA-2026:59379)

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:59379 advisory. linux-pam: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pamuserdb module CVE-2026-54411 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: mysql5 (UTSA-2026-093322)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-093322 advisory. Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL component: Server: PAM Auth Plugin. Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.32 and prior. Easily...

RockyLinux 10 : pam (RLSA-2026:59379)

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:59379 advisory. linux-pam: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pamuserdb module CVE-2026-54411 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly...

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-54411 CVE-2026-54411 in pam - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-54411 in the pam package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available...

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-10041 CVE-2024-10041 in pam - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2024-10041 in the pam package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available...

linux-pam: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pam_userdb module

A flaw was found in Linux-PAM's pamuserdb module. This vulnerability, categorized as an Observable Timing Discrepancy CWE-208, allows a local or network-adjacent attacker to recover plaintext passwords. By repeatedly attempting authentication and measuring response-timing differences during...

USN-8672-1: SSSD vulnerability

It was discovered that the SSSD PAM responder may crash if a physically proximate attacker manipulates a smartcard or Yubikey. Non-malicious physically proximate users may not be able to log in depending upon the details of their legitimate smartcard or Yubikey...