CVE intelligence

CVE-2025-6020

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jun 17, 2025Sources checked Sep 27, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2025-6020 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.5%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2025-6020?

A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pam_namespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevate their privileges to root via multiple symlink attacks and race conditions.