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7.8 HIGH
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): High (H)
  • Integrity (I): High (H)
  • Availability (A): High (H)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
  • Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
updated 6 months, 1 week ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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    69 packages
    • ipam
    • opam
    • paml
    • dspam
    • pamix
    • rspamd
    • openpam
    • pam_p11
    • pam_u2f
    • pamixer
    • dopamine
    • pam_krb5
    • sbclPackages.cl-xmlspam
    • python312Packages.pamela
    • python313Packages.pamela
    • stalwart-mail-spam-filter
    • python312Packages.pypamtest
    • python313Packages.pypamtest
    • python312Packages.python-pam
    • python313Packages.python-pam
    • wordpressPackages.plugins.antispam-bee
    • matrix-synapse-plugins.matrix-synapse-pam
    • matrix-synapse-plugins.synapse-http-antispam
    • matrix-synapse-plugins.matrix-synapse-mjolnir-antispam
    • vscode-extensions.fabiospampinato.vscode-open-in-github
    • pam_ssh_agent_auth
    • rubyPackages.rpam2
    • decode-spam-headers
    • haskellPackages.pam
    • luaPackages.lua-pam
    • google-authenticator
    • lua51Packages.lua-pam
    • lua52Packages.lua-pam
    • lua53Packages.lua-pam
    • rubyPackages_3_1.rpam2
    • rubyPackages_3_2.rpam2
    • rubyPackages_3_3.rpam2
    • rubyPackages_3_4.rpam2
    • kdePackages.kwallet-pam
    • opensmtpd-filter-rspamd
    • python312Packages.pamqp
    • python313Packages.pamqp
    • apparmor-pam
    • opam-publish
    • pam-reattach
    • spamassassin
    • nss_pam_ldapd
    • libpam-wrapper
    • opam-installer
    • pam-honeycreds
    • rspamd-trainer
    • pam_ussh
    • pam_rssh
    • pam_ldap
    • pam
    • ncpamixer
    • opam2json
    • pam_dp9ik
    • pam_gnupg
    • pam_mount
    • pam_mysql
    • pam_pgsql
    • pamtester
    • pam_ccreds
    • pam_mktemp
    • pam_rundir
    • pam_tmpdir
    • yubico-pam
    • pam-watchid
  • @LeSuisse accepted
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
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.

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Affected products

pam
  • *
linux-pam
discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
  • *
web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9
  • *
cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9
  • *
web-terminal/web-terminal-rhel9-operator
  • *
insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9
  • *
compliance/openshift-compliance-openscap-rhel8
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-rhel9
  • *

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pkgs.linux-pam

Pluggable Authentication Modules, a flexible mechanism for authenticating user

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Ignored packages (69)

pkgs.pam

Pluggable Authentication Modules, a flexible mechanism for authenticating user

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pkgs.ipam

Cli based IPAM written in Go with PowerDNS support

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pkgs.opam

Package manager for OCaml

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pkgs.paml

Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood (PAML)

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.dspam

Community Driven Antispam Filter

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pkgs.pamix

Pulseaudio terminal mixer

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 2.0

pkgs.rspamd

Advanced spam filtering system

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.openpam

Open source PAM library that focuses on simplicity, correctness, and cleanliness

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_p11

Authentication with PKCS#11 modules

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_u2f

PAM module for allowing authentication with a U2F device

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pamixer

Pulseaudio command line mixer

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 1.6

pkgs.pam_krb5

PAM module allowing PAM-aware applications to authenticate users by performing an AS exchange with a Kerberos KDC

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_rssh

PAM module for authenticating via ssh-agent, written in Rust

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.ncpamixer

Terminal mixer for PulseAudio inspired by pavucontrol

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.opam2json

Convert opam file syntax to JSON

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 0.4

pkgs.pam_dp9ik

dp9ik pam module

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_gnupg

Unlock GnuPG keys on login

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 0.4

pkgs.pam_mount

PAM module to mount volumes for a user session

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 2.20

pkgs.pam_mysql

PAM authentication module against a MySQL database

pkgs.pam_pgsql

Support to authenticate against PostgreSQL for PAM-enabled appliations

pkgs.pamtester

Utility program to test the PAM facility

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_ccreds

PAM module to locally authenticate using an enterprise identity when the network is unavailable

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 10

pkgs.pam_mktemp

PAM for login service to provide per-user private directories

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_rundir

Provide user runtime directory on Linux systems

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_tmpdir

PAM module for creating safe per-user temporary directories

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 0.09

pkgs.yubico-pam

Yubico PAM module

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 2.27

pkgs.apparmor-pam

Mandatory access control system - PAM service

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.opam-publish

Tool to ease contributions to opam repositories

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam-reattach

Reattach to the user's GUI session on macOS during authentication (for Touch ID support in tmux)

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 1.3

pkgs.nss_pam_ldapd

LDAP identity and authentication for NSS/PAM

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.opam-installer

Handle (un)installation from opam install files

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam-honeycreds

PAM module that sends warnings when fake passwords are used

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 1.9

pkgs.rspamd-trainer

Grabs messages from a spam mailbox via IMAP and feeds them to Rspamd for training