{
  "cveId": "CVE-2025-8941",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941",
  "summary": "CVE-2025-8941 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2025:14557, released August 26, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "pam: Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompi...",
  "description": "Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020)\n\nFor 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.",
  "published": "2025-08-26T00:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Important",
  "cvss": 7.8,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00279,
  "epssPercentile": 0.20413,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
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      "platform": "linux",
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      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:1.3.1-38.el8_10",
      "fix": "RHSA-2025:14557",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2025-14557",
      "released": "2025-08-26T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
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      "release": "RHEL 9",
      "fixedVersion": "0:1.5.1-26.el9_6",
      "fix": "RHSA-2025:15099",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2025-15099",
      "released": "2025-09-03T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
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      "release": "almalinux 8",
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      "fix": "ALSA-2025:14557",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2025-14557",
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    },
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      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2025-15099",
      "released": "2025-09-03T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
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      "release": "amzn 2023",
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      "fix": "ALAS2023-2025-1257",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-1257",
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    },
    {
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      "fix": "ELSA-2025-15099",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2025-15099",
      "released": "2025-09-03T00:00:00Z"
    },
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      "release": "rocky 8",
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      "fix": "RLSA-2025:14557",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rlsa-2025-14557",
      "released": "2025-09-08T14:19:01Z"
    },
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      "fix": "RLSA-2025:15099",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rlsa-2025-15099",
      "released": "2025-10-10T05:50:32Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "pam-debuginfo",
      "release": "amzn 2023",
      "fixedVersion": "1.5.1-8.amzn2023.0.7",
      "fix": "ALAS2023-2025-1257",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alas2023-2025-1257",
      "released": "2025-11-10T12:23:00Z"
    },
    {
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      "released": "2025-11-10T12:23:00Z"
    },
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    },
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  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T00:53:09Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
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