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CVE-2025-6020

Linux-pam: linux-pam directory traversal

At a glance

Severity
HIGH 7.8
EPSS
EPSS 0.47 % · percentile 41 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Deferred

Description

A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pam_namespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevate their privileges to root via multiple symlink attacks and race conditions.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
linux-pamaffected 0 < 1.7.1
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10unaffected 0:1.6.1-8.el10 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:1.6.1-8.el10_0 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Supportunaffected 0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:1.3.1-37.el8_10 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Supportunaffected 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:1.5.1-24.el9_4 < *

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD