CVE-2025-8941

HIGH 7.8

Linux-pam: incomplete fix for cve-2025-6020

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-22
Published	Aug 13, 2025
Last Updated	Feb 26, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16

All versions affected

Red Hat / Compliance Operator 1

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Discovery 2

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗