Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
Affects Red Hat pamSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:44 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 31 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated pam packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related variants that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided security updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:61226) to remediate this issue.
Description
A timing discrepancy vulnerability in the pam_userdb module of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) allows plaintext password recovery. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related variants. Red Hat has released an update to address this vulnerability.