* [PATCH access-control] fix #8053: auth: accept "0" as password for pam and pve realms
@ 2026-09-25 9:21 Michal Fox
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From: Michal Fox @ 2026-09-25 9:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pve-devel
Both plugins rejected the password with a plain boolean check, and in
Perl the string "0" is false. So a user whose password is "0" could
never log in, getting a generic authentication failure.
Only reject undefined or empty passwords.
Signed-off-by: Michal Fox <me@dualfroz.com>
---
src/PVE/Auth/PAM.pm | 2 +-
src/PVE/Auth/PVE.pm | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/PVE/Auth/PAM.pm b/src/PVE/Auth/PAM.pm
index 8586da5..11750c5 100755
--- a/src/PVE/Auth/PAM.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Auth/PAM.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sub authenticate_user {
my ($class, $config, $realm, $username, $password) = @_;
# user (www-data) need to be able to read /etc/passwd /etc/shadow
- die "no password\n" if !$password;
+ die "no password\n" if !defined($password) || $password eq '';
# PAM modules may temporarily override $SIG{CHLD}, causing SIGCHLDs from
# RESTEnvironment workers to be lost. Running the PAM interaction in a fork
diff --git a/src/PVE/Auth/PVE.pm b/src/PVE/Auth/PVE.pm
index ab439a8..ca0fae7 100755
--- a/src/PVE/Auth/PVE.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Auth/PVE.pm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sub options {
sub authenticate_user {
my ($class, $config, $realm, $username, $password) = @_;
- die "no password\n" if !$password;
+ die "no password\n" if !defined($password) || $password eq '';
my $shadow_cfg = cfs_read_file($shadowconfigfile);
--
2.43.0
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