CVE-2025-6020 — Path Traversal in Azl3 PAM 1.5.3-5 ON Azure Linux 3.0

CWE-22 — Path Traversal11 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
PAMDebian PAMMsrc Azl3 PAM 1.5.3-5 ON Azure Linux 3.0+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 17
Latest updateAug 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/pam< pam 1.5.2-6+deb12u2 (bookworm)+1
▶Debianpam/pam< 1.4.0-9+deb11u2+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hqqx-rjqh-53c2: A flaw was found in linux-pam↗2025-08-13
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OSV
CVE-2025-8941: A flaw was found in linux-pam↗2025-08-13
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OSV
CVE-2025-6020: A flaw was found in linux-pam↗2025-06-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Red Hat
linux-pam: Incomplete fix for CVE-2025-6020↗2025-08-13
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Ubuntu
PAM vulnerability↗2025-06-18
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Red Hat
linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal↗2025-06-17
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Microsoft
Linux-pam: linux-pam directory traversal↗2025-06-10
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Debian
CVE-2025-8941: pam - A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle us...↗2025
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