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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-6020 is rated Low Risk (39/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-13 | 0.02% | 0.07% | +0.05% |
| 2 | 2025-06-18 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-6020 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pam), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-6020 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2025-6020: 1 GLSA(s) (202508-01), 1 atom(s) (sys-libs/pam); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2025-6020 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6020 |
suse
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high | CVE-2025-6020 severity important: SUSE including 313 source package names (0.0.17-1.1:pam-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1, 0.23.1-11.3:pam-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1, …), 717 product×package rows across 359 product lines (Container bci/kiwi, Container bci/spack, … (359 product lines)): Fixed 486, Known Affected 231. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6020/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-6020 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pam), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 5, released 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-6020 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||