CVE-2025-6020
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 7.8
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.
Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9, Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9, Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers, Red Hat RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8, cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16, Red Hat Compliance Operator 1, Red Hat Discovery 2, Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5, Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0, Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536, Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 10 | pam | 1.6.1-8.el10 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | pam-devel | 1.6.1-8.el10 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | pam-libs | 1.6.1-8.el10 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | pam | 1.3.1-38.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | pam | 1.3.1-37.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | pam-devel | 1.3.1-37.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | pam-devel | 1.3.1-38.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | pam | 1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | pam | 1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | pam-devel | 1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | pam-devel | 1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | pam-docs | 1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | pam-docs | 1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| Arch Linux | pam | no fix |
| Debian 11 | pam | 1.4.0-9+deb11u2 |
| Debian 12 | pam | 1.5.2-6+deb12u2 |
| Debian 13 | pam | 1.7.0-5 |
| Debian 14 | pam | 1.7.0-5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 | pam | 0:1.6.1-8.el10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.6.1-8.el10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.6.1-8.el10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 | pam-devel | 0:1.6.1-8.el10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 | pam-libs | 0:1.6.1-8.el10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 | pam-libs-debuginfo | 0:1.6.1-8.el10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pam | 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pam | 0:1.3.1-37.el8_10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-37.el8_10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-37.el8_10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-37.el8_10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam | 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam | 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam-devel | 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam-devel | 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam-docs | 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | pam-docs | 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux eus 10.0 | pam | 0:1.6.1-8.el10_0 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux eus 10.0 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.6.1-8.el10_0 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux eus 10.0 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.6.1-8.el10_0 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux eus 10.0 | pam-devel | 0:1.6.1-8.el10_0 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux eus 10.0 | pam-libs | 0:1.6.1-8.el10_0 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux eus 10.0 | pam-libs-debuginfo | 0:1.6.1-8.el10_0 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.2 | pam | 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.2 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.2 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.2 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | pam | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.4 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.1 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | pam | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel aus 8.6 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | pam | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.6 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | pam | 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 8.8 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | pam | 0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | pam-devel | 0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.0 | pam-docs | 0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.2 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | pam | 0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | pam-devel | 0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel e4s 9.2 | pam-docs | 0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.1 |
| Red Hat rhel els 7 | pam | 0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.1 |
| Red Hat rhel els 7 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.1 |
| Red Hat rhel els 7 | pam-devel | 0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.1 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | pam | 0:1.5.1-24.el9_4 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.5.1-24.el9_4 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.5.1-24.el9_4 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | pam-devel | 0:1.5.1-24.el9_4 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 9.4 | pam-docs | 0:1.5.1-24.el9_4 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | pam | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.6 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | pam | 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 |
| Red Hat rhel tus 8.8 | pam-devel | 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 |
| Rocky Linux 10 | pam | 0:1.6.1-8.el10 |
| Rocky Linux 8 | pam | 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 |
| Rocky Linux 8 | pam | 0:1.3.1-37.el8_10 |
| Rocky Linux 9 | pam | 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 |
| Rocky Linux 9 | pam | 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | pam | 1.6.0-5.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | pam | 1.6.1-slfo.1.1_3.1 |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | pam | 1.4.0-11ubuntu2.6 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | pam | 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.4 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | pam | 1.5.3-7ubuntu6 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | pam | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | pam | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | pam | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | pam | no fix |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | pam | 1.3.0-150000.6.83.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | pam | 1.7.1-1.1 |