cvelistv5 - cve-2025-8904

CVE-2025-8904 (GCVE-0-2025-8904)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 17:06 – Updated: 2025-10-14 17:52

Summary

Amazon EMR Secret Agent creates a keytab file containing Kerberos credentials. This file is stored in the /tmp/ directory. A user with access to this directory and another account can potentially decrypt the keys and escalate to higher privileges. Users are advised to upgrade to Amazon EMR version 7.5 or higher. For Amazon EMR releases between 6.10 and 7.4, we strongly recommend that you run the bootstrap script and RPM files with the fix provided in the location below.

Severity ?

9 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

8.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-257 - Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

Assigner

AMZN

References

URL

Tags

	https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGui…	release-notespatch
	https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin…	vendor-advisory
	https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf8h-76fm-735v	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Amazon	EMR	Affected: 6.10 , < 7.4 (semver)

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FKIE_CVE-2025-8904

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-13 18:15 - Updated: 2025-10-14 18:15

Severity ?

8.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
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	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-HF8H-76FM-735V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-13 18:31 – Updated: 2025-10-14 18:30

Details

Users are advised to upgrade to Amazon EMR version 7.5 or higher. For Amazon EMR releases between 6.10 and 7.4, we strongly recommend that you run the bootstrap script and RPM files with the fix provided in the location below.

Severity ?

8.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-8904"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-257"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-13T18:15:33Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Amazon EMR Secret Agent creates a keytab file containing Kerberos credentials. This file is stored in the /tmp/ directory. A user with access to this directory and another account can potentially decrypt the keys and escalate to higher privileges. \n\n\n\nUsers are advised to upgrade to Amazon EMR version 7.5 or higher. For Amazon EMR releases between 6.10 and 7.4, we strongly recommend that you run the bootstrap script and RPM files with the fix provided in the location below.",
  "id": "GHSA-hf8h-76fm-735v",
  "modified": "2025-10-14T18:30:26Z",
  "published": "2025-08-13T18:31:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8904"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-017"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-750-release.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-release-app-versions-7.x.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf8h-76fm-735v"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/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:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

CVE-2025-8904 (GCVE-0-2025-8904)

FKIE_CVE-2025-8904

GHSA-HF8H-76FM-735V

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature