Issued at: 2026-08-19
Updated at: 2026-08-19
Advisory content derived from Red Hat RHSA-2026:56131, © Red Hat, Inc., used under CC BY 4.0, with modifications.
Synopsis
Moderate: pam security update
Description
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 page(s) listed in the References section.