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EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.0 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2026-1508)

high Nessus Plugin ID 302695

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the versions of the pam package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pam_namespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevate their privileges to root via multiple symlink attacks and race conditions.(CVE-2025-6020)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization pam security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected pam packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3ce3075

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 302695

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2026-1508.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/17/2026

Updated: 3/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-6020

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:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.12.0, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:pam

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6020