CVE-2025-6018

highpriority · track · 10OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

15 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.10% (66th) EPSS

CVSS 8.4 · high

Is it mine?

38 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.4highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-16USCWE-863US

exploits (15)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

affected products (38)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell Secure Connect Gateway Appliance <5.32.00.18all versionscert_bundDE
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Open Source Arch Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:archlinux:archlinux:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE Linux <=Enterprise 15all versionscert_bundDE
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
SUSE openSUSE <=Leap 15all versionscert_bundDE
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Dell Secure Connect Gateway≤ Appliance <5.32.00.18cert_bundDE
SUSE Linux≤ Enterprise 15cert_bundDE
SUSE openSUSE≤ Leap 15cert_bundDE
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise≤ 15fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing≤ 12 SP5fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12 SP5fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP3fstec_bduRU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-1354Verschiedene Linux Distributionen: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2025-06-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen Linux Distributionen ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-07-23modified 2026-06-30

references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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