Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-6018
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 24.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
References
Products affected by CVE-2025-6018
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cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-config:1.1.8-24.71.1