CVE-2025-24032 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-24032: PAM-PKCS#11 is a Linux-PAM login module that allows a X.509 certificate based user login. Prior to version 0.6.13, if cert_policy is set to none (the default value), then pam_pkcs11 will only check if the user is capable of logging into the token. An attacker may create a different token with the us

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-24032 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pam-pkcs11→ fixed in0.6.11-4+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pam-pkcs11
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pam-pkcs11→ fixed in0.6.12-1+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pam-pkcs11
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pam-pkcs11→ fixed in0.6.13-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pam-pkcs11
```

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