Release pam-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1 ALSA-2026:60224
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems, release, security
Research direction
The issue names no repository files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating how pam-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1 update metadata is represented, then review the listed affected packages and CVE-2026-54411. Done means the security update is recorded according to the repository's existing update process.
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Description
pam security update
Severity: Moderate
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: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pam_userdb module (CVE-2026-54411)
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.
Affected packages:
pam-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.i686
pam-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.x86_64
pam-devel-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.i686
pam-devel-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.x86_64
pam-docs-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.x86_64
pam-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.s390x
pam-devel-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.s390x
pam-docs-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.s390x
pam-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.ppc64le
pam-devel-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.ppc64le
pam-docs-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.ppc64le
pam-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.aarch64
pam-devel-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.aarch64
pam-docs-1.5.1-27.el9_8.1.aarch64
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