CVE-2011-4338: Shaman Project Shaman

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Shaman 1.0.9: Users can add the line askforpwd=false to his shaman.conf file, without entering the root password in shaman. The next time shaman is run, root privileges are granted despite the fact that the user never entered the root password.

Affected products

• Shaman Project Shaman: version 1.0.9 only

Published 2020-02-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.