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Echo: pam: security update to 1.7.0-5+e5

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458283

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-54411)

Solution

Update the pam library and its related packages to version 1.7.0-5+e5 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-54411

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 458283

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54411

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54411