CVE-1999-0342

Linux PAM modules allow local users to gain root access using temporary files...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in linux-pam affects IBM Netezza Appliance

Summary The linux-pam package is used by IBM Netezza Appliance . IBM Netezza Appliance has addressed the applicable CVE CVE-2025-8941 Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-8941 DESCRIPTION: A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pamnamespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing...

Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-7.1.1.1)

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 7.1.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-7.1.1.1 advisory. - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. For a subset of unlikely...

Advisory ROSA-SA-2025-3089

Software: pam 1.1.8 OS: rosa-server79 unaffected versions = pam-1.1.8-23.0.3.res7 affected versions pam-1.1.8-23.0.3.res7 CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6020 BDU-ID: 2025-07273 CVE-Crit: HIGH CVE-DESC.: A vulnerability in the pamnamespace module of the Linux-PAM authentication module is caused by a race...

Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-6.10.1.11)

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 6.10.1.11. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-6.10.1.11 advisory. - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. For a subset of unlikely...

AlmaLinux 10 : pam (ALSA-2025:20181)

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:20181 advisory. linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal CVE-2025-6020 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory. Note...

EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2442)

According to the versions of the pam packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pamnamespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks a...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2442)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2452)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Improper Authentication (CVE-2022-28321)

The Linux-PAM package before 1.5.2-6.1 for openSUSE Tumbleweed allows authentication bypass for SSH logins. The pamaccess.so module doesn't correctly restrict login if a user tries to connect from an IP address that is not resolvable via DNS. In such conditions, a user with denied access to a...

Critical Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2025-5.0-91-0676

Updates of 'redis', 'openjdk21', 'Linux-PAM', 'openjdk11', 'runc' packages of Photon OS have been released...

linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal

A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pamnamespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevate their privileges to root via multiple symlink attacks and race conditions...

Amazon Linux 2023 : pam, pam-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1257)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1257 advisory. A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pamnamespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to...

Medium: pam

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pamnamespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2025-6020. CVE-2025-8941 Affected...

Linux-PAM pam_namespace Privilege Escalation

The vulnerability of the pamnamespace component of the Linux-PAM authentication module is related to incorrect pathname restrictions when processing symbolic links. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to elevate their privileges to the root level...

Siemens SIMATIC Devices Improper Input Validation (CVE-2024-22365)

linux-pam aka Linux PAM before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service blocked login process via mkfifo because the openat call for protectdir lacks ODIRECTORY. This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : pam Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0252)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has pam packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pamnamespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevate their privileges to...

EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2273)

According to the versions of the pam packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pamnamespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevat...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2305)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2273)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...