CVE-2025-8941

CVE.org · Published

Record status: Published
Identifier year (not publication year): 2025
Source publication: Aug 13, 2025
Source updated: Feb 26, 2026
Imported by cveboard: Oct 24, 2026
Source snapshot: cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline · Oct 24, 2026

CNA source text (English)

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

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.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

linux-pam

Vendor: Unknown
Product: Unknown
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: unaffected
Package: linux-pam
Package collection: https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam

No explicit version tuples; consult this entry's default status.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.2	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-38.el8_10	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.2	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

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

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.2	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.2	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.5.1-26.el9_6	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.5.1-26.el9_6	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.3	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.2	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: pam
Package collection: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
0:1.5.1-24.el9_4.1	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: web-terminal/web-terminal-rhel9-operator
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
1.11-19	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
1.11-8	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
1.12-4	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
sha256:330e8b5ab4841a21f8f5f23cc7fb192197872f11639b12bf4b1e70831f636323	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Compliance Operator 1

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Compliance Operator 1
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: compliance/openshift-compliance-openscap-rhel8
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Compliance Operator 1 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
sha256:c953e9f9abf9cf25bf65bb3ffdc86ccf49b3e69a1cf3fbb47b6972e421fd6628	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Discovery 2

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Discovery 2
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat Discovery 2 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
sha256:c85cfbcaf7888885e57596b7b8bde3894718cfc33326499b24961a66a62cf083	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
sha256:4ca38b33efec0d2dd17a8fd822a7c18281810676ceabb0c1db90953cb91cd5ea	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
sha256:24722900db1425bf0c27f6ad6f3fb7d79ff9ebc433bdab58423fa71bab76122b	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
sha256:f5e1602d72177d77f1b879c76e6f6cfbc2979c136c06ca9f03ea97ffb369b7a6	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
sha256:cead623ceda4048cabaa81c371ed2a8143f5c5514276fca1d71685bd9e6d1e65	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected
Package: openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9
Package collection: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
sha256:59fb1f7f1653361d94f7d48b42d8fe19ed3263c1c78654837c11f2135544c1ac	`unaffected`	rpm	*	Unavailable	None listed