Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication. Security Fix(es): * linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-6020 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the linux-pam component, which is responsible for managing authentication policies on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. This flaw could potentially allow an attacker to access files or directories outside the intended directory structure, violating system security policies. Red Hat has issued security advisories and patches for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9, including Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle releases. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory).
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow unauthorized directory traversal, potentially exposing sensitive files or system information. This could lead to unauthorized access or privilege escalation depending on the system configuration and usage of PAM. However, there are no known exploits in the wild currently reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided patches for their respective Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions as detailed in the Red Hat advisories RHSA-2025:10024 and RHSA-2025:10027. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor beyond applying these updates.
Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update
Description
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication. Security Fix(es): * linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-6020 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the linux-pam component, which is responsible for managing authentication policies on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. This flaw could potentially allow an attacker to access files or directories outside the intended directory structure, violating system security policies. Red Hat has issued security advisories and patches for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9, including Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle releases. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory).
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow unauthorized directory traversal, potentially exposing sensitive files or system information. This could lead to unauthorized access or privilege escalation depending on the system configuration and usage of PAM. However, there are no known exploits in the wild currently reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided patches for their respective Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions as detailed in the Red Hat advisories RHSA-2025:10024 and RHSA-2025:10027. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor beyond applying these updates.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:22019
- Cve Count
- 1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a1f4e87e29bf47b50080a2a
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:35 UTC
Last enriched: 08/10/2026, 21:05:58 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:42:38 UTC
Views: 162
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