CVE-2025-8941

🔴 HIGH

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...

Published
Aug 13, 2025
Last Modified
Aug 13, 2025
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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 Scores

CVSS 3.1 7.8
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 2.0 7.8

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Source
secalert@redhat.com
State
Awaiting analysis

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