Vulnerability Database · Debian · Package report
shadow: vulnerability history, versions and safety
shadow is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 36 vulnerabilities for it across 47 releases, from Mar 2005 to Apr 2025. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.
No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.
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Vulert verdict on shadow i
Updated on 23 Oct 2026
Careful: 5 of the 36 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each. The rest have a fixed version to move to.
What to do: Plan around the 5 vulnerabilities with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →
- Vulnerabilities on record 36 over 20 years · 0 in the last year i
- Latest disclosure 18 Apr 2025 i
- Highest CVSS 9.8 i
- With no published fix 5 i
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01 Versions
Which versions are affected
Every version Vulert holds for shadow, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.
Newest 47 of 47 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.
02 Disclosure history
How often vulnerabilities are recorded
Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 36 were recorded in the last 12 months.
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03 Vulnerabilities
Recorded vulnerabilities for shadow
| Vulnerability | Severity | Fixed version ↓ | Disclosed ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-12424: Buffer overflow in shadow-utils login package | 9.8 critical | 1:4.5-1 | 04 Aug 2017 |
| TTY Hijacking Vulnerability in shadow and sudo | 7.8 high | 1:4.1.5-1 | 04 Nov 2019 |
| CVE-2017-20002: Vulnerability in Debian login package | 7.8 high | 1:4.5-1 | 17 Mar 2021 |
| Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Shadow Package - CVE-2016-6252 | 7.8 high | 1:4.4-1 | 17 Feb 2017 |
| Privilege Escalation in shadow Package | 7.8 high | 1:4.8.1-1 | 18 Dec 2019 |
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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315
