{"id":"ALSA-2026:64815","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 age(s)  \nlisted in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-09-09T12:00:44.036021045Z","published":"2026-09-08T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2026-54411"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64815"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54411"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-64815.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pam","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.1-28.el9_8.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:64815.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pam-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.1-28.el9_8.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:64815.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pam-docs","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam-docs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.1-28.el9_8.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:64815.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}