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MiracleLinux 9 : pam-1.5.1-26.el9_6 (AXSA:2025-10831:06)

high Nessus Plugin ID 291769

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Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2025-10831:06 advisory.

 * linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020)
 * linux-pam: Incomplete fix for CVE-2025-6020 (CVE-2025-8941)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected pam, pam-devel and / or pam-docs packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/22015

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 291769

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2025-10831.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8941

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam-docs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6020, CVE-2025-8941