Linux-pam: incomplete fix for cve-2025-6020
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 83% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
linux-pamRed Hat · cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16Red Hat · Compliance Operator 1Red Hat · Red Hat Discovery 2Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportRed Hat · Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1Red Hat · Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9Red Hat · Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14557https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15099https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15100https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15101https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15102https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15103https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15104https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15105https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15106https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15107https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15709https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15827