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GHSA-HQQX-RJQH-53C2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-13 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-20 21:30
VLAI
Details
A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2025-6020.
Severity
7.8 (High)
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"modified": "2025-11-20T21:30:30Z",
"published": "2025-08-13T15:30:35Z",
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CVE-2025-8941 (GCVE-0-2025-8941)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 14:42 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:48
VLAI
EPSS
Title
Linux-pam: incomplete fix for cve-2025-6020
Summary
A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2025-6020.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
19 references
Impacted products
26 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support |
Unaffected:
0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions |
Unaffected:
0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions |
Unaffected:
0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.3 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions |
Unaffected:
0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:1.5.1-24.el9_4.1 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
1.11-19 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:webterminal:1.11::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
1.11-8 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:webterminal:1.11::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
1.12-4 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:webterminal:1.12::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16 |
Unaffected:
sha256:330e8b5ab4841a21f8f5f23cc7fb192197872f11639b12bf4b1e70831f636323 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:cert_manager:1.16::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Compliance Operator 1 |
Unaffected:
sha256:c953e9f9abf9cf25bf65bb3ffdc86ccf49b3e69a1cf3fbb47b6972e421fd6628 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_compliance_operator:1::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Discovery 2 |
Unaffected:
sha256:c85cfbcaf7888885e57596b7b8bde3894718cfc33326499b24961a66a62cf083 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:discovery:2::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 |
Unaffected:
sha256:4ca38b33efec0d2dd17a8fd822a7c18281810676ceabb0c1db90953cb91cd5ea , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:insights_proxy:1.5::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 |
Unaffected:
sha256:24722900db1425bf0c27f6ad6f3fb7d79ff9ebc433bdab58423fa71bab76122b , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1.10::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 |
Unaffected:
sha256:f5e1602d72177d77f1b879c76e6f6cfbc2979c136c06ca9f03ea97ffb369b7a6 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1.10::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 |
Unaffected:
sha256:cead623ceda4048cabaa81c371ed2a8143f5c5514276fca1d71685bd9e6d1e65 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1.10::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 |
Unaffected:
sha256:59fb1f7f1653361d94f7d48b42d8fe19ed3263c1c78654837c11f2135544c1ac , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1.10::el9 |
Date Public
2025-08-13 00:00
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