CVE record · CVE-2025-6020

Linux-pam: linux-pam directory traversal

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0047 · 40th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 17 Jun 2025, 12:44 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	Not given Package name: linux-pam https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam	affected before 1.7.1 semver Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.6.1-8.el10 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.6.1-8.el10_0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-37.el8_10 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-25.el9_6 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support Package name: pam https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.5.1-24.el9_4 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 Package name: web-terminal/web-terminal-rhel9-operator https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.11-19 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 Package name: web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.11-8 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9 Package name: web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.12-4 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-businesscentral-monitoring-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-4.1752066672 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-businesscentral-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-4.1752065732 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-controller-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-4.1752065732 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-dashbuilder-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-3.1752065737 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-kieserver-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-4.1752065731 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-operator-bundle https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-25 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-process-migration-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-4.1752065736 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-rhel8-operator https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-2.1752065733 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers Package name: rhpam-7/rhpam-smartrouter-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 7.13.5-4.1752065755 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 Package name: openshift-serverless-1/logic-data-index-ephemeral-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.36.0-11 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 Package name: openshift-serverless-1/logic-data-index-postgresql-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.36.0-11 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 Package name: openshift-serverless-1/logic-db-migrator-tool-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.36.0-11 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 Package name: openshift-serverless-1/logic-jobs-service-ephemeral-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.36.0-10 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 Package name: openshift-serverless-1/logic-jobs-service-postgresql-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.36.0-10 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 Package name: openshift-serverless-1/logic-kn-workflow-cli-artifacts-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.36.0-4 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 Package name: openshift-serverless-1/logic-management-console-rhel8 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.36.0-9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8 Package name: openshift-serverless-1/logic-operator-bundle https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1.36.0-12 to before * rpm Other versions: affected

And 21 more products. The full list is on the CVE record.

Identifiers: CVE-2025-6020
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
Path traversal
Published: 17 Jun 2025
Updated: 4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0047, the 40th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

17 Jun 2025, 12:44 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10024 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10027 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10180 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10354 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10357 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10358 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10359 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10361 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10362 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10735 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10823 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11386 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11487 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14557 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15099 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15709 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15827 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15828 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16524 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17181 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18219 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20181 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22019 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9526 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0934 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6020 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372512 issue-trackingredhat
github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/security/advisories/GHSA-f9p8-gjr4-j9gx

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