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{"bugzilla": {"description": "pam-config: LPE from unprivileged to allow_active in PAM", "id": "2372693", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372693"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.8", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-863", "details": ["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."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "Currently, there is no mitigation available for this vulnerability."}, "name": "CVE-2025-6018", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "pam", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "pam", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "pam", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-06-17T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6018\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6018\nhttps://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt"], "statement": "This vulnerability does not affect the code base of Red Hat Linux PAM distribution.", "threat_severity": "Important"}