CVE-2020-13881
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.71% (77th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In support.c in pam_tacplus 1.3.8 through 1.5.1, the TACACS+ shared secret gets logged via syslog if the DEBUG loglevel and journald are used.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7.5
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- pam tacplus project pam tacplus1.3.8 → 1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pam_tacplus_project:pam_tacplus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (26)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/08/1cnnvd
- https://github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/commit/4a9852c31c2fd0c0e72fbb689a586aabcfb11cb0cnnvd
- https://github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/issues/149cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00007.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00006.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13881cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4521-1/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/pam-tacplus-information-disclosure-via-Logged-Shared-Secret-32463cnnvd
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