Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
Affects Red Hat pamSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:32 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 Sep 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 and its extended update support versions to address this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified.
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 and related variants. The vulnerability is rated as moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. A security update addressing this flaw is available.