Is CVE-2006-5170 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-5170 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-5170?

CVE-2006-5170 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-5170?

CVE-2006-5170 has an EPSS score of 3.73% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5170?

Upgrade libpam-ldap on debian 11 to 180-1.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-5170

HIGHEPSS 88th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

pam_ldap in nss_ldap on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Fedora Core 3 and earlier, and possibly other distributions does not return an error condition when an LDAP directory server responds with a PasswordPolicyResponse control response, which causes the pam_authenticate function to return a success code even if authentication has failed, as originally reported for xscreensaver.

CWE-755

How to fix

Remediation Available

libpam-ldapDebian

Fixed in:180-1.2CVE-2006-5170

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.