CVE-2021-31924

MEDIUM

Yubico pam-u2f < 1.1.1 - Local PIN Bypass via NULL PIN Submission

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Yubico pam-u2f before 1.1.1 has a logic issue that, depending on the pam-u2f configuration and the application used, could lead to a local PIN bypass. This issue does not allow user presence (touch) or cryptographic signature verification to be bypassed, so an attacker would still need to physically possess and interact with the YubiKey or another enrolled authenticator. If pam-u2f is configured to require PIN authentication, and the application using pam-u2f allows the user to submit NULL as the PIN, pam-u2f will attempt to perform a FIDO2 authentication without PIN. If this authentication is successful, the PIN requirement is bypassed.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Product, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://developers.yubico.com/pam-u2f/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-11

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 25.1%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
yubico/pam-u2f < 1.1.1
Published May 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026