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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-8941 is rated Low Risk (32.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2025-08-14 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record 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-2025-8941 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pam), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): undetermined 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8941 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941 |
suse
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high | CVE-2025-8941 severity important: SUSE including 14 source package names (pam, pam-1.1.8-23.el7_9.2, …), 181 product×package rows across 42 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS, … (42 product lines)): Known Not Affected 174, Fixed 7. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-8941 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pam), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8941 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||