RHEL regular user able to login successfully with incorrect passwords

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Regular users on a RHEL 8 system could login successfully using any incorrect password via SSH and remote console.
  • This issue does not affect the root user. Authentication attempts as root with incorrect credentials fail as expected.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8

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