CVE-2025-6020
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.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.8
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.44%
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
Affected products
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Weakness type
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