Description
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 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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
pam
Default version status: unaffected
0 to < 1.1.8-24.71.1affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: unaffected