ALSA-2026:64815

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    ALSA-2026:64815

    Published: 8 Sept 2026Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026

    Summary: Moderate: pam security update

    Details: Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication. Security Fix(es): * linux-pam: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pam_userdb module (CVE-2026-54411) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE age(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64815, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54411, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-64815.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pam

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.1-28.el9_8.1

    Affected versions

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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