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CVE-2025-8941
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.27%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 19th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14557
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15099
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15101
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15103
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15104
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15105
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15106
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15107
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15709
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15827
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15828
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16524
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17181
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18219
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388220
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.