fkie_cve-2025-8941
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-08-13 15:15
Modified
2025-08-13 17:33
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388220
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  "lastModified": "2025-08-13T17:33:46.673",
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