Security Advisory

CVE-2026-3184

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-04-03 18:43:45
Last updated 2026-05-01 19:33:12
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in util-linux. Improper hostname canonicalization in the `login(1)` utility, when invoked with the `-h` option, can modify the supplied remote hostname before setting `PAM_RHOST`. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted hostname, potentially bypassing host-based Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) access control rules that rely on fully qualified domain names. This could lead to unauthorized access.