Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CNA (Red Hat) | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 | 7 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | High |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| SUSE | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | Present |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | High |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- RHSA-2025:15099, published Wed Sep 3 15:07:30 UTC 2025
- RHSA-2025:15106, published Tue Sep 9 15:06:44 UTC 2025
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS |
| Patchnames: RHSA-2025:15106 |
| SUSE Liberty Linux 9 |
| Patchnames: RHSA-2025:15099 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | pam | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | pam | Not affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | pam | Not affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | pam | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | pam | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | pam | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | pam | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | pam | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | pam | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 | pam | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 | pam | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 | pam | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | pam | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Aug 13 18:00:47 2025CVE page last modified: Sun Sep 28 17:42:53 2025