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Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pam  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-PAM-11936905
  • published16 Sept 2025
  • disclosed13 Aug 2025
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Introduced: 13 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-8941  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:24.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam package and not the pam package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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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