CVE-2025-8941

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileDEEUFRRUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.28% (20th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

65 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USCWE-22US

affected products (65)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
IBM App Connect Enterprise <12.0.16all versionscert_bundDE
IBM App Connect Enterprise <12.16.0all versionscert_bundDE
IBM MQ Operatorall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:mq:operator
IBM Power Hardware Management Console V10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:hardware_management_console:v10
Open Source PAM <1.7.1all versionscert_bundDE
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
IBM App Connect Enterprise< 12.0.16cert_bundDE
IBM App Connect Enterprise< 12.16.0cert_bundDE
Open Source PAM< 1.7.1cert_bundDE
Red Hat Compliance Operator 1< sha256:c953e9f9abf9cf25bf65bb3ffdc86ccf49b3e69a1cf3fbb47b6972e421fd6628enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2< sha256:c85cfbcaf7888885e57596b7b8bde3894718cfc33326499b24961a66a62cf083enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support< 0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.2enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8< 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support< 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.2enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support< 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On< 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support< 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3enisa_euvdEU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-1828PAM (linux-pam package): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Erlangen von AdministratorrechtenDeutsch2025-08-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in PAM ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen.
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR

also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund certfr NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-08-13modified 2026-06-17

references (43)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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