Description (CNA)
A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker (for example, a user logged in via SSH) to obtain the elevated privileges normally reserved for a physically present, "allow_active" user. The highest risk is that the attacker can then perform all allow_active yes Polkit actions, which are typically restricted to console users, potentially gaining unauthorized control over system configurations, services, or other sensitive operations.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Not supplied / Not supplied | affected 0 before 1.1.8-24.71.1 |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unaffected |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected |
CWE
CWE-863
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372693
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226
- https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt
ADP enrichment
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