Fixed packages 8
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos | pam | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.3 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.3 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.3 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.3 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos | pam | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.3 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.3 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.3 |
| Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.3 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.9
Linux-PAM pam_userdb Observable Timing Discrepancy in Plaintext Password Comparison
Linux-PAM through 1.7.2 contains an observable timing discrepancy (CWE-208) in the pam_userdb module's plaintext-password comparison path in modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c that allows a local or network-adjacent attacker able to repeatedly drive authenticati…
References
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article
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488766
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advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_61224.json
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54411
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advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54411
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advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54411
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article
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/208.html
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article
https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
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article
https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/blob/master/libpam/include/pam_inline.h
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article
https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/blob/master/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c#L327