What is CVE-2016-20014?

CVE-2016-20014 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pam Tacplus Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-20014?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pam Tacplus Project

CVE-2016-20014

In pam_tacplus.c in pam_tacplus before 1.4.1, pam_sm_acct_mgmt does not zero out the arep data structure.

Published 2022-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pam Tacplus Project

References

github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/commit/e4c00eba70a0f72c4de77b5f072c69708ec2beab (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-20014?: CVE-2016-20014 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pam Tacplus Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-20014?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.