CVE-2025-8941 found in deb/debian/pam@1.7.0

Important

Risk: 0.59 (Low) CVSS: 7.8

Description

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.

Affected component

The vulnerability is in pkg:deb/debian/pam@1.7.0, found in artifacts pkg:oci/postgresql?repository_url=registry.opencode.de/open-code/oci/postgresql&tag=18-trixie, pkg:oci/postgresql?repository_url=registry.opencode.de/open-code/oci/postgresql&tag=15-trixie, pkg:oci/postgresql?repository_url=registry.opencode.de/open-code/oci/postgresql&tag=17-trixie, pkg:oci/postgresql?repository_url=registry.opencode.de/open-code/oci/postgresql&tag=16-trixie.

Recommended fix

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Path to component

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 flowchart TD
root(["root"]) --- sbom_CONTAINER_SCANNING(["sbom:CONTAINER_SCANNING"])
sbom_CONTAINER_SCANNING(["sbom:CONTAINER_SCANNING"]) --- debian_13_2(["debian\@13.2"])
debian_13_2(["debian\@13.2"]) --- debian_apt(["debian/apt"])
debian_apt(["debian/apt"]) --- debian_adduser(["debian/adduser"])
debian_adduser(["debian/adduser"]) --- debian_passwd(["debian/passwd"])
debian_passwd(["debian/passwd"]) --- debian_pam(["debian/pam"])
debian_13_2(["debian\@13.2"]) --- debian_gnupg2(["debian/gnupg2"])
debian_gnupg2(["debian/gnupg2"]) --- debian_dirmngr(["debian/dirmngr"])
debian_dirmngr(["debian/dirmngr"]) --- debian_adduser(["debian/adduser"])
debian_13_2(["debian\@13.2"]) --- debian_login(["debian/login"])
debian_login(["debian/login"]) --- debian_pam(["debian/pam"])
debian_13_2(["debian\@13.2"]) --- debian_pam(["debian/pam"])
debian_13_2(["debian\@13.2"]) --- debian_postgresql_18_jit(["debian/postgresql-18-jit"])
debian_postgresql_18_jit(["debian/postgresql-18-jit"]) --- debian_postgresql_18(["debian/postgresql-18"])
debian_postgresql_18(["debian/postgresql-18"]) --- debian_pam(["debian/pam"])
debian_postgresql_18(["debian/postgresql-18"]) --- debian_postgresql_common(["debian/postgresql-common"])
debian_postgresql_common(["debian/postgresql-common"]) --- debian_adduser(["debian/adduser"])
debian_postgresql_common(["debian/postgresql-common"]) --- debian_ssl_cert(["debian/ssl-cert"])
debian_ssl_cert(["debian/ssl-cert"]) --- debian_adduser(["debian/adduser"])
debian_postgresql_18(["debian/postgresql-18"]) --- debian_ssl_cert(["debian/ssl-cert"])

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Risk Factor	Value	Description
Vulnerability Depth	`6`	The vulnerability is in a dependency of a dependency in your project. It is 6 levels deep.
EPSS	`0.03 %`	The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
EXPLOIT	`Not available`	We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database. There are no script kiddies exploiting this vulnerability.
CVSS-BE	`7.8`	- Exploiting this vulnerability significantly impacts availability. - Exploiting this vulnerability significantly impacts integrity. - Exploiting this vulnerability significantly impacts confidentiality.
CVSS-B	`7.8`	- The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. - It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. - An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. - No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. - The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. - There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. - There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. - There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

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