Path Traversal in Red Hat Cert-manager Operator For Openshift 1.16
CVE-2025-8941
A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fi…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.003 (16.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Cert-manager Operator For Openshift 1.16 — versions sha256:330e8b5ab4841a21f8f5f23cc7fb192197872f11639b12bf4b1e70831f636323
- Red Hat Compliance Operator 1 — versions sha256:c953e9f9abf9cf25bf65bb3ffdc86ccf49b3e69a1cf3fbb47b6972e421fd6628
- Red Hat Discovery 2 — versions sha256:c85cfbcaf7888885e57596b7b8bde3894718cfc33326499b24961a66a62cf083
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support — versions 0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — versions 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support — versions 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support — versions 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-life Add-on — versions 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support — versions 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service — versions 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-8941?
- CVE-2025-8941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Cert-manager Operator For Openshift 1.16, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-08-13.
- How severe is CVE-2025-8941?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-8941 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.