> CVE-2025-8941 [HIGH]

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PUBLISHED
2025-08-13 15:15
MODIFIED
2025-10-16 09:15
CVSS_SCORE V3
7.8
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.28%
Top 80.8%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2025-10-18 RED HAT 🔗 2025-10-18 CVE PROJECT 🔗 2026-01-19 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-25

> 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.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Version: 1.5.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
Version: 1.5.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
Version: 1.1.8
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Version: 1.3.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Version: 1.5.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Version: 1.5.1
Red Hat - Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9
Red Hat - Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9
Red Hat - cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16
Red Hat - Red Hat Discovery 2
Red Hat - Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Exploit nécessite un accès local au système
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
Low (L)
Authentifié avec compte utilisateur basique
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Divulgation totale d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Modification totale des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
High
Divulgation totale d'informations
Intégrité
High
Modification totale des données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16.0
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16.0
Red Hat Security Advisory: A Subscription Management tool for finding and reporting Red Hat product usage
A Subscription Management tool for finding and reporting Red Hat product usage
Red Hat Security Advisory: updated web-terminal/tooling container image
Updated web-terminal/tooling container image is now available for Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9.
Red Hat Security Advisory: updated web-terminal/tooling container image
Updated web-terminal/tooling container image is now available for Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers release
Release of Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers.
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerab...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnera...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Lin...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service. Red Hat Product Security has...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Product...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Commo...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerab...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Commo...
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
An update for pam is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS...
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Compliance Operator bug fix and enhancement update
An updated OpenShift Compliance Operator image that fixes various bugs and adds new enhancements is now available for the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 4 catalog.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Release of OpenShift Serverless Logic 1.36.0 security update & enhancements
Release of OpenShift Serverless Logic 1.36.0 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gi...

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Important

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
13/08/2025 15:15
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 18/10/2025 15:07
CVEPROJECT
Champ modifié: CVE Project
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 18/10/2025 12:09
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 18/10/2025 12:09
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 3 Dernière mise à jour: 1 year ago
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