Shadow Maint maintains the shadow-utils package, a narrowly scoped utility suite for Unix and Linux user and group account management. The observed vulnerability footprint in this package reflects the authentication and access-control responsibilities inherent to system account tooling; live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Shadow Maint over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
2 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2023-4641MEDIUM A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning | Dec 27, 2023 | 5.5 | 17 | NO | NO |
shadow-utils (aka shadow) 4.4 through 4.17.0 establishes a default /etc/subuid behavior (e.g., uid 100000 through 165535 for the first user account) that can realistically conflict | Dec 26, 2024 | 3.6 | 15 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Shadow Maint.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Shadow Maint — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.