{"id":"CVE-2022-24732","aliases":["EUVD-2022-1342","GHSA-6cp7-g972-w9m9"],"status":"published","title":"Maddy Mail Server does not implement account expiry","description":"Maddy Mail Server is an open source SMTP compatible email server. Versions of maddy prior to 0.5.4 do not implement password expiry or account expiry checking when authenticating using PAM. Users are advised to upgrade. 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