Argument injection vulnerability in login (login-utils/login.c) in util-linux-ng 2.14 and earlier makes it easier for remote attackers to hide activities by modifying portions of log events, as demonstrated by appending an "addr=" statement to the login name, aka "audit log injection."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1926 is rated Moderate Risk (63.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.97%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.77% | 3.97% | +2.20% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.70% | 1.77% | +0.07% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.70% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2008-1926 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (util-linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1926 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1926 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2008-1926 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (util-linux), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1926 |
Red Hat is aware of this issue affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1926 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. This issue has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 with the following update: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0981.html
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | util-linux | 2.13 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | util-linux | 2.13.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.13.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | util-linux | 2.13.1 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | util-linux | 2.13.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.13.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | util-linux | 2.14 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |