Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

🎯 Affected products39

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-0:1.6.1-8.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-0:1.6.1-8.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-0:1.6.1-8.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-0:1.6.1-8.el10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-0:1.6.1-8.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-8.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-8.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-8.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-8.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-8.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-8.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-8.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-debuginfo-0:1.6.1-8.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-debugsource-0:1.6.1-8.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-debugsource-0:1.6.1-8.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-debugsource-0:1.6.1-8.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-debugsource-0:1.6.1-8.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-debugsource-0:1.6.1-8.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-debugsource-0:1.6.1-8.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-debugsource-0:1.6.1-8.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-debugsource-0:1.6.1-8.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-devel-0:1.6.1-8.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-devel-0:1.6.1-8.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-devel-0:1.6.1-8.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-devel-0:1.6.1-8.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
• pam-libs-0:1.6.1-8.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-libs-0:1.6.1-8.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
• pam-libs-0:1.6.1-8.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Disable the `pam_namespace` module if it is not essential for your environment, or carefully review and configure it to avoid operating on any directories or paths that can be influenced or controlled by unprivileged users, such as user home directories or world-writable locations like `/tmp`.

🔗 References (5)

• selfhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20181
• externalhttps://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/10.1_release_notes/index
• externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372512
• selfhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_20181.json