CVE-2025-8941
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8941
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-8941.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-8941
- Downstream
ALSA (2)
CLSA (1)
DEBIAN (1)
ECHO (1)
RHSA (10)
RLSA (2)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:20:14Z
- Published
- 2025-08-13T15:15:41Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-29T11:12:11Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14557
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15099
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15101
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15103
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15104
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15105
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15106
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15107
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15709
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15827
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15828
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16524
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388220
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941