The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-8941 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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New CVE Received
by [email protected]Aug. 13, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-22 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388220