{"id":"CVE-2025-6018","title":"A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)","summary":"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…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"suse","product":"pam-config","affected":["pam-config = 1.1.8-24.71.1"],"published":"2025-07-23","updated":"2026-06-25","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6018","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372693","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/28/4","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.01053,"epssPercentile":0.62896,"exploitAvailable":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T13:24:34.397Z","exploits":{"exploitdb":true,"github":14,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/iamgithubber/CVE-2025-6018-19-exploit","https://github.com/dreysanox/CVE-2025-6018_Poc","https://github.com/euxem/Analyse-faille-de-s-curit-CVE-2025-6018-CVE-2025-6019"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-23T07:13:37.510Z"},"slug":"CVE-2025-6018","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `pam-config = 1.1.8-24.71.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}