CVE-2025-6018

A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker (for example, a user logged in via SSH) to obtain the elevated privileges normally reserved for a physically present, "allow_active" user. The highest risk is that the attacker can then perform all allow_active yes Polkit actions, which are typically restricted to console users, potentially gaining unauthorized control over system configurations, services, or other sensitive operations.

Affected products

Linux, Suse

Suse Pam-config

= 1.1.8-24.71.1

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

1.0% (61th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-863

NVD status

Modified

Published

2025-07-23