- Issued:
- 2025-06-24
- Updated:
- 2025-06-24
RHSA-2025:9526 - Important: pam security update
Synopsis
Important: pam security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Important
Topic
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
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: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020)
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.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 | 9 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian | 9 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 9 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 | 9 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 9.6 | x86_64 |
Updated Packages
- pam-debuginfo-1.5.1-25.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm
- pam-1.5.1-25.el9_6.s390x.rpm
- pam-debugsource-1.5.1-25.el9_6.s390x.rpm
- pam-devel-1.5.1-25.el9_6.s390x.rpm
- pam-1.5.1-25.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm
- pam-docs-1.5.1-25.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
- pam-docs-1.5.1-25.el9_6.s390x.rpm
- pam-1.5.1-25.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
- pam-debugsource-1.5.1-25.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm
- pam-1.5.1-25.el9_6.src.rpm
- pam-debugsource-1.5.1-25.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.5.1-25.el9_6.i686.rpm
- pam-debugsource-1.5.1-25.el9_6.i686.rpm
- pam-debugsource-1.5.1-25.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.5.1-25.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
- pam-devel-1.5.1-25.el9_6.i686.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.5.1-25.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
- pam-docs-1.5.1-25.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.5.1-25.el9_6.s390x.rpm
- pam-1.5.1-25.el9_6.i686.rpm
- pam-docs-1.5.1-25.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
- pam-devel-1.5.1-25.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
- pam-1.5.1-25.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
- pam-devel-1.5.1-25.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
- pam-devel-1.5.1-25.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.