CVE-2008-1946: GNU Coreutils

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default configuration of su in /etc/pam.d/su in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 allows local users to gain the privileges of a (1) locked or (2) expired account by entering the account name on the command line, related to improper use of the pam_succeed_if.so module.

Affected products

• GNU Coreutils: version 5.2.1 only

Published 2008-07-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.