CVE catalog

CVE-2008-0169

ikiwiki: CVE-2008-0169

[CVE catalog]

Severity
High
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.58% · Oct 25, 2026

Plugin/passwordauth.pm (aka the passwordauth plugin) in ikiwiki 1.34 through 2.47 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and login to any account for which an OpenID identity is configured and a password is not configured, by specifying an empty password during the login sequence.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianikiwikisid3.20260201-3fixed
Debianikiwikiforky3.20260201-3fixed
Debianikiwikitrixie3.20250501-1fixed
Debianikiwikibookworm3.20200202.3-1fixed
Opensuseikiwikitumbleweed3.20200202.3-2.7fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianikiwikisourcesid2.48mediumNot reported[483770]
Debianikiwikisourceforky2.48mediumNot reported[483770]
Debianikiwikisourcetrixie2.48mediumNot reported[483770]
Debianikiwikisourcebookworm2.48mediumNot reported[483770]
Opensuseikiwikirpmtumbleweed3.20200202.3-2.7Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2024:10860-1Not reported

[Debian bug #483770]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

  • [ikiwiki-w3m]Unknown

    Source package: [ikiwiki]

    Details (1)
    • 3.20200202.3-2.25 · noarch · tumbleweed

      Unknown · Fixed: 3.20200202.3-2.7

      Version impact unknown

      dsa · ikiwiki · opensuse · tumbleweed

  • [ikiwiki]Fixed

    Source package: [ikiwiki]

    Details (1)
    • 3.20200202.3-2.25 · noarch · tumbleweed

      Fixed · Fixed: 3.20200202.3-2.7

      dsa · ikiwiki · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [ikiwiki]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 3.20200202.3-1 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.48

      dsa · ikiwiki · debian · bookworm; dsa · ikiwiki · debian · 12

    • 3.20200202.3-1 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.48

      dsa · ikiwiki · debian · bookworm; dsa · ikiwiki · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [ikiwiki]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 3.20250501-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.48

      dsa · ikiwiki · debian · 13

    • 3.20250501-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.48

      dsa · ikiwiki · debian · 13

Observed:

References