0.9.17
Security Fix
- Offline Hello PIN Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-53013): This release addresses a critical vulnerability where an attacker with physical access to an offline host could authenticate to any user account using an invalid Linux Hello PIN. This issue was introduced in Himmelblau 0.9.10 (April 21, 2025 release). While Single Sign-On (SSO) would fail due to the network being down, local system access was granted. This vulnerability does not affect Rocky Linux 8 and variants.
- Workaround: Users unable to upgrade immediately can mitigate this vulnerability by disabling Hello PIN authentication. Set
enable_hello = falsein/etc/himmelblau/himmelblau.conf.
- Workaround: Users unable to upgrade immediately can mitigate this vulnerability by disabling Hello PIN authentication. Set
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Full Changelog: 0.9.16...0.9.17