CVE-2001-0978: HP HP-Ux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program.

Affected products

• HP HP-Ux: version 10.26 only

Published 2001-09-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.