CVE-2025-6020

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6020
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-6020.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-6020
Aliases
  • GHSA-f9p8-gjr4-j9gx
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-06-17T12:44:08.646Z
Modified
2026-06-26T11:56:03.189593157Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Linux-pam: linux-pam directory traversal
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/6xxx/CVE-2025-6020.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "redhat"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
693c4f75b10b25e09f70fe0b22f41bdcf9a48968
Database specific 
{
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.7.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
Linux-PAM-0-73
Linux-PAM-0-74
Linux-PAM-0-75
Linux-PAM-0-76
Linux-PAM-0-77
Linux-PAM-0-78
Linux-PAM-0-78-Beta1
Linux-PAM-0-79
Linux-PAM-0-80
Linux-PAM-0_99_10_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_1_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_2_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_2_1
Linux-PAM-0_99_3_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_4_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_5_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_6_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_6_1
Linux-PAM-0_99_6_2
Linux-PAM-0_99_6_3
Linux-PAM-0_99_7_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_7_1
Linux-PAM-0_99_8_0
Linux-PAM-0_99_8_1
Linux-PAM-0_99_9_0
Linux-PAM-1_0_0
Linux-PAM-1_0_90
Linux-PAM-1_0_91
Linux-PAM-1_0_92
Linux-PAM-1_1-branch
Linux-PAM-1_1_0
Linux-PAM-1_1_1
Linux-PAM-1_1_2
Linux-PAM-1_1_3
Linux-PAM-1_1_4
Linux-PAM-1_1_5
Linux-PAM-1_1_7
Linux-PAM-1_1_8
Linux-PAM-1_2_0
Linux-PAM-1_2_1
before_automake
help
pam_unix_refactor
Linux-PAM-1.*
Linux-PAM-1.3.0
v1.*
v1.1.4
v1.1.6
v1.3.1
v1.4.0
v1.5.0
v1.5.1
v1.5.2
v1.5.3
v1.6.0
v1.6.1
v1.7.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-6020.json"