{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8941","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-01T20:05:59.105158452Z","published":"2025-08-13T15:15:41.873Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-8941"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8941"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pam","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.5.2-6","1.5.2-6+deb12u1","1.5.2-6+deb12u2","1.5.2-7","1.5.2-8","1.5.2-9","1.5.2-9.1","1.5.3-1","1.5.3-2","1.5.3-3","1.5.3-4","1.5.3-5","1.5.3-6","1.5.3-6+hurd.1","1.5.3-7","1.7.0-1","1.7.0-2","1.7.0-2+hurd.1","1.7.0-3","1.7.0-4","1.7.0-5","1.7.0-6","1.7.0-7","1.7.0-8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8941.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pam","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.7.0-5","1.7.0-6","1.7.0-7","1.7.0-8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8941.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pam","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.7.0-5","1.7.0-6","1.7.0-7","1.7.0-8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8941.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}