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.
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This high-severity CVE scores 7.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 78% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
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.
June 17, 2025
May 12, 2026
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Release of OpenShift Serverless Logic 1.36.0 security update & enhancements
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Compliance Operator bug fix and enhancement update
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16.0
Red Hat Security Advisory: updated web-terminal/tooling container image
Red Hat Security Advisory: updated web-terminal/tooling container image
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Linux-pam: linux-pam directory traversal
RHSA-2025:10735 — Important
RHSA-2025:10823 — Important
RHSA-2025:11487 — Important
RHSA-2025:15709 — Important
RHSA-2025:16524 — Important
RHSA-2025:17181 — Important
RHSA-2025:22019 — Important
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