CVE-2025-8941 Information

Aug 14, 2025 cve

Description

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 ## CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388220

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8

CNNVD-202508-1387 (Published: 2025-08-13)

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