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    CVE-2025-6018

    A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker (for example, a user logged in via SSH) to obtain the elevated privileges normally reserved for a physically present, "allow_active" user. The highest risk is that the attacker can then perform all allow_active yes Polkit actions, which are typically restricted to console users, potentially gaining unauthorized control over system configurations, services, or other sensitive operations.

    Published:Jun 17, 2025
    Last Modified:Jun 30, 2026
    EPS:Jul 23, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00957
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Pam-config

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txthttps://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txthttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52386https://github.com/0rionCollector/Exploit-Chain-CVE-2025-6018-6019https://github.com/Ashwesker/Blackash-CVE-2025-6018https://github.com/AzureADTrent/CVE-2025-6018-and-CVE-2025-6019-Privilege-Escalationhttps://github.com/B1ack4sh/Blackash-CVE-2025-6018https://github.com/DesertDemons/CVE-2025-6018-6019https://github.com/dreysanox/CVE-2025-6018_Pochttps://github.com/e1arth/CVE-2025-6018https://github.com/euxem/Analyse-faille-de-s-curit-CVE-2025-6018-CVE-2025-6019https://github.com/Goultarde/CVE-2025-6018_CVE-2025-6019_autopwnhttps://github.com/iamgithubber/CVE-2025-6018-19-exploithttps://github.com/ibrahmsql/CVE-2025-6018https://github.com/iOxsec/CVE-2025-6018-CVE-2025-6019-Privilege-Escalation-Exploithttps://github.com/localh0ste/CVE-2025-6018-and-CVE-2025-6019https://github.com/matesz44/CVE-2025-6018-19https://github.com/MaxKappa/opensuse-leap-privesc-exploithttps://github.com/MichaelVenturella/CVE-2025-6018-6019-PoChttps://github.com/muyuanlove/CVE-2025-6018-CVE-2025-6019-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High