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SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 pam Moderate Timing Discrepancy Vulnern 2026-22807-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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Address a moderate security issue in pam affecting SUSE Linux Micro 6.0. Update CVE-2026-54411 is now available.
SUSE released a moderate security update for pam addressing the CVE-2026-54411 vulnerability related to timing discrepancies in password comparison, applicable to SUSE Linux Micro ...

Summary

## This update for pam fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-54411: timing discrepancy in the pam_userdb module's plaintext- password comparison (bsc#1268290). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-805=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * pam-debugsource-1.6.0-6.1 * pam-1.6.0-6.1 * pam-debuginfo-1.6.0-6.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE access control PAM timing discrepancy

References

* bsc#1268290

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* 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

* CVE-2026-54411 ( NVD ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:X/V:D/RE:X/U:X

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

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268290

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22807-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T08:39:49Z
Rating: moderate

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