# Linux-pam: incomplete fix for cve-2025-6020 CVE record · `CVE-2025-8941` - **Identifiers:** `CVE-2025-8941` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High - **Critical:** No - **CNA:** redhat - **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html) - **Tags:** [Path traversal](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/path-traversal.md) - **Technologies:** [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-7-extended-lifecycle-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-2-advanced-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-4-advanced-mission-critical-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-4-extended-update-support-long-life-add-on.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-advanced-mission-critical-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-telecommunications-update-service.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-8-telecommunications-update-service.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-8-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-0-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-2-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-4-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-web-terminal-1-11-on-rhel-9.md) · [Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-web-terminal-1-12-on-rhel-9.md) · [cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/cert-manager-operator-for-red-hat-openshift-1-16.md) · [Red Hat Compliance Operator 1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-compliance-operator-1.md) · [Red Hat Discovery 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-discovery-2.md) · [Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-insights-proxy-1-5.md) - **Published:** 13 Aug 2025 - **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 13 Aug 2025, 14:42 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: Not given. Product: Not given. - No versions given - Other versions: unaffected - Package name: `linux-pam` - Collection: `https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. - unaffected: `0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.2 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.2 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.2 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions. - unaffected: `0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.2 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. - unaffected: `0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. - unaffected: `0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. - unaffected: `0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.3 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. - unaffected: `0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.2 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. - unaffected: `0:1.5.1-24.el9_4.1 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `pam` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9. - unaffected: `1.11-19 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `web-terminal/web-terminal-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9. - unaffected: `1.11-8 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9. - unaffected: `1.12-4 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16. - unaffected: `sha256:330e8b5ab4841a21f8f5f23cc7fb192197872f11639b12bf4b1e70831f636323 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Compliance Operator 1. - unaffected: `sha256:c953e9f9abf9cf25bf65bb3ffdc86ccf49b3e69a1cf3fbb47b6972e421fd6628 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `compliance/openshift-compliance-openscap-rhel8` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Discovery 2. - unaffected: `sha256:c85cfbcaf7888885e57596b7b8bde3894718cfc33326499b24961a66a62cf083 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `discovery/discovery-server-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5. - unaffected: `sha256:4ca38b33efec0d2dd17a8fd822a7c18281810676ceabb0c1db90953cb91cd5ea to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1. - unaffected: `sha256:24722900db1425bf0c27f6ad6f3fb7d79ff9ebc433bdab58423fa71bab76122b to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1. - unaffected: `sha256:f5e1602d72177d77f1b879c76e6f6cfbc2979c136c06ca9f03ea97ffb369b7a6 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1. - unaffected: `sha256:cead623ceda4048cabaa81c371ed2a8143f5c5514276fca1d71685bd9e6d1e65 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1. - unaffected: `sha256:59fb1f7f1653361d94f7d48b42d8fe19ed3263c1c78654837c11f2135544c1ac to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` ## 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 - 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (redhat) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.0028, the 20th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 13 Aug 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them. ## Sources - [CVE List: CVE-2025-8941](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8941) - [NVD: CVE-2025-8941](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8941) ### References from the CNA - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vdb-entry, redhat) - (issue-tracking, redhat) Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description. ## Check whether this affects you This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run. - With the agentprime MCP server (), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: - As JSON: - Everything that needs attention now: --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .