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EulerOS 2.0 SP15 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2026-3997)

🗓️ 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Timing discrepancy in Linux-PAM pam_userdb allows local or network-adjacent password recovery.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(364013);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/08");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-54411");

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP15 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2026-3997)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the versions of the pam packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the
following vulnerabilities :

    Linux-PAM through 1.7.2 contains an observable timing discrepancy (CWE-208) in the pam_userdb module's
    plaintext-password comparison path in modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c that allows a local or network-
    adjacent attacker able to repeatedly drive authentication through a calling service to recover the
    plaintext password of a target account by measuring response-timing differences. The comparison uses
    strncmp() (or strncasecmp() when PAM_ICASE_ARG is set) preceded by a length-equality check, so the time to
    reject a candidate depends on the index of the first differing byte and on whether the candidate's length
    matches the stored password, leaking the password length and individual prefix bytes. The vulnerable path
    is reached when the administrator configures pam_userdb with crypt=none, with an unrecognized crypt
    method, or without a crypt= argument, causing the module to store and compare credentials in
    plaintext.(CVE-2026-54411)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS pam security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2026-3997
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0af433dd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected pam packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_supplemental", value:"CVSS:4.0/AU:N/V:D");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-54411");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/06/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/08");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:pam");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:pam-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:pam-help");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:pam-hsm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
  script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var _release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(_release) || _release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
var uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (_release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP15");

var sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(15)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP15");

if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP15", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu && "x86" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "aarch64", cpu);

var flag = 0;

var pkgs = [
  "pam-1.5.3-6.h21510.12.eulerosv2r15",
  "pam-devel-1.5.3-6.h21510.12.eulerosv2r15",
  "pam-help-1.5.3-6.h21510.12.eulerosv2r15",
  "pam-hsm-1.5.3-6.h21510.12.eulerosv2r15"
];

foreach (var pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"15", reference:pkg)) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pam");
}

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08 Oct 2026 00:00Current
7.6High risk
Vulners AI Score7.6
CVSS 3.15.9
CVSS 48.2
EPSS0.005
SSVC
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