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TI-2025-05440 Aliases CVE-2025-6020

Linux-pam: linux-pam directory traversal

Priority LOW 36CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00472 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed linux-pam: 1.7.1Red Hat: 26 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—linux-pambefore 1.7.11.7.1Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10—1.6.1-8.el10Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support—1.6.1-8.el10_0Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support—1.1.8-23.el7_9.1Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8—1.3.1-37.el8_10Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8—1.3.1-38.el8_10Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support—1.3.1-8.el8_2.1Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support—1.3.1-14.el8_4.1Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support—1.3.1-16.el8_6.2Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service—1.3.1-16.el8_6.2Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions—1.3.1-16.el8_6.2Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service—1.3.1-26.el8_8.1Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions—1.3.1-26.el8_8.1Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9—1.5.1-26.el9_6Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9—1.5.1-25.el9_6Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9—1.5.1-26.el9_6Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9—1.5.1-25.el9_6Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions—1.5.1-9.el9_0.2Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions—1.5.1-15.el9_2.1Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support—1.5.1-24.el9_4Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9—1.11-19Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9—1.11-8Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9—1.12-4Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-4.1752066672Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-4.1752065732Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-4.1752065732Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-3.1752065737Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-4.1752065731Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-25Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-4.1752065736Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-2.1752065733Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHEL-8 based Middleware Containers—7.13.5-4.1752065755Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-11Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-11Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-11Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-10Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-10Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-4Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-9Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-12Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-18Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-11Patch availableCNA
Red HatRHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8—1.36.0-7Patch availableCNA
Red Hatcert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16—v1.16.5-1760515757Patch availableCNA
Red HatOpenShift Compliance Operator 1—1.8.0Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Discovery 2—2.0.0-1752592913Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Discovery 2—2.2.1-1758555934Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Insights proxy 1.5—1.5.7-1759331989Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1752046452Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1752046437Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1752046439Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1752070865Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1752070873Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1751993590Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1752070827Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1752070833Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0—rhosdt-3.6-1752070866Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10—1.10.2-1757422110Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10—1.10.2-1757421804Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10—1.10.2-1757421879Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10—1.10.2-1757422401Patch availableCNA
  • linux-pam Vendor— Affected before 1.7.1 Fixed in 1.7.1 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.6.1-8.el10 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.6.1-8.el10_0 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.1.8-23.el7_9.1 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-37.el8_10 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-38.el8_10 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-8.el8_2.1 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-14.el8_4.1 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.5.1-26.el9_6 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.5.1-25.el9_6 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.5.1-26.el9_6 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.5.1-25.el9_6 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.5.1-9.el9_0.2 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.5.1-15.el9_2.1 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.5.1-24.el9_4 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.11-19 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.11-8 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.12-4 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-4.1752066672 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-4.1752065732 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-4.1752065732 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-3.1752065737 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-4.1752065731 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-25 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-4.1752065736 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-2.1752065733 Patch available CNA
  • RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.13.5-4.1752065755 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-11 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-11 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-11 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-10 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-10 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-4 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-9 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-12 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-18 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-11 Patch available CNA
  • RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.36.0-7 Patch available CNA
  • cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in v1.16.5-1760515757 Patch available CNA
  • OpenShift Compliance Operator 1 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.8.0 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Discovery 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.0.0-1752592913 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Discovery 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.2.1-1758555934 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.5.7-1759331989 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1752046452 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1752046437 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1752046439 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1752070865 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1752070873 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1751993590 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1752070827 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1752070833 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in rhosdt-3.6-1752070866 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.10.2-1757422110 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.10.2-1757421804 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.10.2-1757421879 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.10.2-1757422401 Patch available CNA

CPE names CNA · 29

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.110.1—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.010.0—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:77—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos8—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos8.2—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos8.4—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos8.6—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos8.6—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::baseos8.6—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos8.8—Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1 Versions 10.1 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0 Versions 10.0 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7 Versions 7 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos Versions 8 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos Versions 8.2 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos Versions 8.4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos Versions 8.6 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos Versions 8.6 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::baseos Versions 8.6 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos Versions 8.8 — ·Red Hat
Show 19 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos8.8—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream9—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos9—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream9.0—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos9.0—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream9.2—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos9.2—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream9.4—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos9.4—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:webterminal:1.11::el91.11—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:webterminal:1.12::el91.12—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:rhosemc:1.0::el81.0—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_serverless:1.36::el81.36—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:cert_manager:1.16::el91.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_compliance_operator:1::el91—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:discovery:2::el92—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:insights_proxy:1.5::el91.5—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_distributed_tracing:3.6::el83.6—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1.10::el91.10—Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos Versions 8.8 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream Versions 9 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos Versions 9 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream Versions 9.0 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos Versions 9.0 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream Versions 9.2 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos Versions 9.2 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream Versions 9.4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos Versions 9.4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:webterminal:1.11::el9 Versions 1.11 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:webterminal:1.12::el9 Versions 1.12 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:rhosemc:1.0::el8 Versions 1.0 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_serverless:1.36::el8 Versions 1.36 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:cert_manager:1.16::el9 Versions 1.16 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_compliance_operator:1::el9 Versions 1 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:discovery:2::el9 Versions 2 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:insights_proxy:1.5::el9 Versions 1.5 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_distributed_tracing:3.6::el8 Versions 3.6 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1.10::el9 Versions 1.10 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA linux-pam Fixed in 1.7.1

Red Hat 26 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:0934 Released 2026-01-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Release of OpenShift Serverless Logic 1.36.0 security update & enhancements
    • 8Base-Openshift-Serverless-1.36 openshift-serverless-1/logic-data-index-ephemeral-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/logic-data-index-postgresql-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/logic-db-migrator-tool-rhel8 +8
  • RHSA-2025:22019 Released 2025-11-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) pam-devel-1.6.1-8.el10_0
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) pam-1.6.1-8.el10_0, pam-libs-1.6.1-8.el10_0
  • RHSA-2025:21885 Released 2025-11-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Compliance Operator bug fix and enhancement update
    • OpenShift Compliance Operator 1 registry.redhat.io/compliance/openshift-compliance-content-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/compliance/openshift-compliance-must-gather-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/compliance/openshift-compliance-openscap-rhel8 +1
Show 23 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2025:20181 Released 2025-11-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) pam-devel-1.6.1-8.el10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) pam-1.6.1-8.el10, pam-libs-1.6.1-8.el10
  • RHSA-2025:18219 Released 2025-10-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16.0
    • cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16 registry.redhat.io/cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9
  • RHSA-2025:17181 Released 2025-10-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    Insights proxy Container Image
    • Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 registry.redhat.io/insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9
  • RHSA-2025:16524 Released 2025-09-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    A Subscription Management tool for finding and reporting Red Hat product usage
    • Red Hat Discovery 2 registry.redhat.io/discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
  • RHSA-2025:15828 Released 2025-09-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    updated web-terminal/tooling container image
    • Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 web-terminal/web-terminal-rhel9-operator, web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9
  • RHSA-2025:15827 Released 2025-09-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    updated web-terminal/tooling container image
    • Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9 web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9
  • RHSA-2025:15709 Released 2025-09-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers release
    • Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-webhook-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9 +4
  • RHSA-2025:15099 Released 2025-09-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) pam-devel-1.5.1-26.el9_6, pam-docs-1.5.1-26.el9_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) pam-1.5.1-26.el9_6
  • RHSA-2025:14557 Released 2025-08-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) pam-1.3.1-38.el8_10, pam-devel-1.3.1-38.el8_10
  • RHSA-2025:11487 Released 2025-07-21 · Red Hat rating Important
    A Subscription Management tool for finding and reporting Red Hat product usage
    • Red Hat Discovery 2 registry.redhat.io/discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
  • RHSA-2025:11386 Released 2025-07-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    updated RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers container images
    • Middleware Containers for OpenShift rhpam-7/rhpam-businesscentral-monitoring-rhel8, rhpam-7/rhpam-businesscentral-rhel8, rhpam-7/rhpam-controller-rhel8 +6
  • RHSA-2025:10823 Released 2025-07-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat build of Tempo 3.6.1 release
    • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-gateway-opa-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-gateway-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-jaeger-query-rhel8 +3
  • RHSA-2025:10735 Released 2025-07-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat build of OpenTelemetry 3.6.1 release
    • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0 registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/opentelemetry-collector-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/opentelemetry-rhel8-operator, registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/opentelemetry-target-allocator-rhel8
  • RHSA-2025:10354 Released 2025-07-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) pam-devel-1.5.1-9.el9_0.2, pam-docs-1.5.1-9.el9_0.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0) pam-1.5.1-9.el9_0.2
  • RHSA-2025:10359 Released 2025-07-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) pam-1.3.1-16.el8_6.2, pam-devel-1.3.1-16.el8_6.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6) pam-1.3.1-16.el8_6.2, pam-devel-1.3.1-16.el8_6.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6) pam-1.3.1-16.el8_6.2, pam-devel-1.3.1-16.el8_6.2
  • RHSA-2025:10357 Released 2025-07-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) pam-1.1.8-23.el7_9.1, pam-1.1.8-23.el7_9.1.ppc, pam-devel-1.1.8-23.el7_9.1 +1
  • RHSA-2025:10358 Released 2025-07-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8) pam-1.3.1-26.el8_8.1, pam-devel-1.3.1-26.el8_8.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8) pam-1.3.1-26.el8_8.1, pam-devel-1.3.1-26.el8_8.1
  • RHSA-2025:10362 Released 2025-07-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) pam-1.3.1-8.el8_2.1, pam-devel-1.3.1-8.el8_2.1
  • RHSA-2025:10361 Released 2025-07-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) pam-1.3.1-14.el8_4.1, pam-devel-1.3.1-14.el8_4.1
  • RHSA-2025:10180 Released 2025-07-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) pam-devel-1.5.1-15.el9_2.1, pam-docs-1.5.1-15.el9_2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) pam-1.5.1-15.el9_2.1
  • RHSA-2025:10027 Released 2025-07-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) pam-1.3.1-37.el8_10, pam-devel-1.3.1-37.el8_10
  • RHSA-2025:10024 Released 2025-07-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) pam-devel-1.5.1-24.el9_4, pam-docs-1.5.1-24.el9_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4) pam-1.5.1-24.el9_4
  • RHSA-2025:9526 Released 2025-06-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    pam security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) pam-devel-1.5.1-25.el9_6, pam-docs-1.5.1-25.el9_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) pam-1.5.1-25.el9_6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
8Base-Openshift-Serverless-1.36Fixed RHSA-2026:0934
Middleware Containers for OpenShiftFixed RHSA-2025:11386
OpenShift Compliance Operator 1Fixed RHSA-2025:21885
Red Hat Discovery 2Fixed RHSA-2025:11487, RHSA-2025:16524
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2025:20181
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2025:15099, RHSA-2025:9526
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2025:10354
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2025:10180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2025:22019
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:10024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2025:20181
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2025:10027, RHSA-2025:14557
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2025:15099, RHSA-2025:9526
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2)Fixed RHSA-2025:10362
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:10361
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2025:10359
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2025:10359
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2025:10358
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2025:10354
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2025:10180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2025:22019
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:10024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2025:10359
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2025:10358
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)Fixed RHSA-2025:10357
Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5Fixed RHSA-2025:17181
Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Fixed RHSA-2025:10735, RHSA-2025:10823
Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10Fixed RHSA-2025:15709
Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2025:15828
Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2025:15827
cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16Fixed RHSA-2025:18219
Not affected: 5 products
  • OpenShift Compliance Operator 1
  • Red Hat Discovery 2
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0
  • Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10
  • cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6020
  2. 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · CNA
  3. 2026-10-07 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-12 Affected versions changed · CNA
  5. 2026-10-13 Fix available: Compliance Operator 1 · Red Hat
  6. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · CNA
  7. 2026-11-06 Fix available: OpenShift Compliance Operator 1 · Red Hat

References

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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