ESSA-2026:0163: Moderate: SUSE Liberty Linux 9 Moderate: pam security update

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# Moderate: pam security update

Announcement ID: ESSA-2026:0163
Rating: Moderate

Cross-References:

  * CVE-2026-54411



CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2026-54411 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

  * SUSE Liberty Linux 9


An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

## Description:

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication. Security Fix(es): linux-pam: Plaintext password recovery via timing discrepancy in pam_userdb module (CVE-2026-54411) 
  

## Package List:

  * SUSE Liberty Linux 9:
    * pam 1.5.1-28.el9_8.1
    * pam-devel 1.5.1-28.el9_8.1
    * pam-docs 1.5.1-28.el9_8.1

## References:

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