SUSE-SU-2026:3163-1 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

SUSE-SU-2026:3163-1

MEDIUM5.9

Security update for pam

Published Jul 21, 2026

Modified 4 days ago

Fix available

Details

Description of the patch:

This update for pam fixes the following issue

CVE-2026-54411: timing discrepancy in the pam_userdb module's plaintext-password comparison (bsc#1268290).

Affected Packages

pam

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

Fixed in:

1.3.0-150000.6.89.1

pam-32bit

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

Fixed in:

1.3.0-150000.6.89.1

pam-devel

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

Fixed in:

1.3.0-150000.6.89.1

pam-doc

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

Fixed in:

1.3.0-150000.6.89.1

pam-extra

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

Fixed in:

1.3.0-150000.6.89.1

pam-extra-32bit

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

Fixed in:

1.3.0-150000.6.89.1

pam-devel-32bit

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7

Fixed in:

1.3.0-150000.6.89.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1268290

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048513.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54411/

https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20263163-1/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

5.9/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Upstream

Ecosystems(9)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

Timeline

PublishedJul 21, 2026

ModifiedJul 21, 2026