Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
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: Incomplete fix for CVE-2025-6020 (CVE-2025-8941) 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.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2025-8941 is a vulnerability in the linux-pam package used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It represents an incomplete fix for a prior vulnerability CVE-2025-6020. The vulnerability relates to PAM's authentication policy system. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2025:15100 and RHSA-2025:15101 providing updated packages for affected versions including 8.2 <8.3, 9.0 <9.1, and 9.2. The advisories classify the impact as Important (high severity) and provide updated packages to remediate the issue. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability affects the authentication mechanism of Red Hat Enterprise Linux through PAM, potentially allowing security issues related to authentication policies. The severity is rated high by Red Hat, indicating a significant security impact if exploited. However, there are no known active exploits in the wild. The incomplete fix suggests that prior mitigations were insufficient, necessitating the updated patches.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Users should apply the updated linux-pam packages as described in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2025:15100 and RHSA-2025:15101. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates will remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
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: Incomplete fix for CVE-2025-6020 (CVE-2025-8941) 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.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-8941 is a vulnerability in the linux-pam package used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It represents an incomplete fix for a prior vulnerability CVE-2025-6020. The vulnerability relates to PAM's authentication policy system. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2025:15100 and RHSA-2025:15101 providing updated packages for affected versions including 8.2 <8.3, 9.0 <9.1, and 9.2. The advisories classify the impact as Important (high severity) and provide updated packages to remediate the issue. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability affects the authentication mechanism of Red Hat Enterprise Linux through PAM, potentially allowing security issues related to authentication policies. The severity is rated high by Red Hat, indicating a significant security impact if exploited. However, there are no known active exploits in the wild. The incomplete fix suggests that prior mitigations were insufficient, necessitating the updated patches.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Users should apply the updated linux-pam packages as described in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2025:15100 and RHSA-2025:15101. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates will remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:15107
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a1f4e87e29bf47b500818ad
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:35 UTC
Last enriched: 08/17/2026, 17:40:37 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:52 UTC
Views: 108
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