{"schema_version": "1.7.0", "id": "RLSA-2025:20181", "modified": "2026-01-14T09:15:26.016156Z", "published": "2026-01-14T09:14:26.918311Z", "upstream": ["CVE-2025-6020"], "summary": "Important: pam security update", "details": "Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 10 Release Notes linked from the References section.", "severity": [{"type": "CVSS_V3", "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}], "affected": [{"package": {"ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:10", "name": "pam", "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/pam?distro=rocky-linux-10&epoch=0"}, "ranges": [{"type": "ECOSYSTEM", "events": [{"introduced": "0"}, {"fixed": "0:1.6.1-8.el10"}], "database_specific": {"yum_repository": "BaseOS"}}]}], "references": [{"type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:20181"}, {"type": "REPORT", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372512"}], "credits": [{"name": "Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"}, {"name": "Red Hat"}]}