CVE-2026-54411 Affecting pam package, versions <1.4.0-11ubuntu2.7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-PAM-17340407
  • published24 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Jun 2026

Introduced: 14 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-54411  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 pam to version 1.4.0-11ubuntu2.7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam package and not the pam package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 authentication through a calling service to recover the plaintext password of a target account by measuring response-timing differences.

CVSS Base Scores

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