RHSA-2026:61228 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 31, 2026
Updated · October 30, 2026
Topic
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
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.