{"id":"ALSA-2026:59379","summary":"Moderate: pam security update","details":"Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * linux-pam: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pam_userdb module (CVE-2026-54411)\n\n\nFor 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.\n","modified":"2026-08-26T13:15:24.458990580Z","published":"2026-08-25T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2026-54411"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59379"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54411"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2488766"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-59379.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pam","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1-9.el10_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:59379.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pam-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1-9.el10_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:59379.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pam-libs","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam-libs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1-9.el10_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:59379.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}