{"description":"Trending threats, MITRE ATT\u0026CK coverage, and detection metadata. Fed continuously.","favicon":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/favicon-32x32.png","feed_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/tags/pam/feed.json","home_page_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/","icon":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/apple-touch-icon.png","items":[{"_cs_actors":[],"_cs_cpes":[],"_cs_cves":[{"cvss":7.8,"id":"CVE-2025-6020"}],"_cs_exploited":false,"_cs_has_poc":false,"_cs_poc_references":[],"_cs_products":["Linux-PAM (\u003c 1.7.1)"],"_cs_severities":["high"],"_cs_tags":["linux","pam","privilege-escalation","cve-2025-6020"],"_cs_type":"advisory","_cs_vendors":[],"content_html":"\u003cp\u003eCVE-2025-6020 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability identified in the Linux-PAM \u003ccode\u003epam_namespace\u003c/code\u003e module. The vulnerability, classified as CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname Parameter), allows a low-privileged user to exploit race conditions and symlink attacks when the module handles user-controlled paths. This can lead to unauthorized escalation to root privileges. The issue was fixed in Linux-PAM version 1.7.1.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"impact\"\u003eImpact\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuccessful exploitation allows a local user with low privileges to achieve root-level code execution on affected Linux systems.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"recommendation\"\u003eRecommendation\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpgrade Linux-PAM packages to version 1.7.1 or later across all Linux distributions.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudit systems for users with local shell access who might attempt to leverage this symlink/race condition vector.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n","date_modified":"2026-11-10T16:59:36Z","date_published":"2026-11-10T16:59:36Z","id":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-11-cve-2025-6020/","summary":"A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux-PAM pam_namespace module allows low-privileged users to gain root access via symlink attacks and race conditions.","title":"Linux-PAM: Local privilege escalation in pam_namespace (CVE-2025-6020)","url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-11-cve-2025-6020/"}],"language":"en","title":"CraftedSignal Threat Feed - Pam","version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1"}