USN-8601-1 pam vulnerability

It was discovered that PAM had a timing discrepancy in the pamuserdb module when comparing plaintext passwords. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information by measuring response-timing differences during repeated authentication attempts...

SUSE-SU-2026:22896-1 Security update for pam

This update for pam fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-54411: timing discrepancy in the pamuserdb module's plaintext-password comparison bsc1268290...

Security update for pam

This update for pam fixes the following issue CVE-2026-54411: timing discrepancy in the pamuserdb module's plaintext-password comparison bsc1268290. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch". Alternativel...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54411

Linux-PAM through 1.7.2 contains an observable timing discrepancy CWE-208 in the pamuserdb module's plaintext-password comparison path in modules/pamuserdb/pamuserdb.c that allows a local or network-adjacent attacker able to repeatedly drive authentication through a calling service to recover the...

CVE-2013-7041

The pamuserdb module for Pam uses a case-insensitive method to compare hashed passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the password via a brute force attack...