CVE Alert: CVE-2025-6018
Vulnerability Summary: 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 Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
7/23/2025, 3:15:34 PM
🔥 CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372693
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226
- https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt
- https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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