High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2025· Updated Jun 30, 2026

CVE-2025-6018

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.

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Affected products

SUSE S.A./Pam Config
cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-config:1.1.8-24.71.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules/pam-configllm-create
osv-coords97 versions
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< 45.0.1-150600.6.8.1+ 96 more
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Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitThird Party Advisory
cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txtnvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/28/4nvd

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