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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2452)

🗓️ 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Huawei EulerOS pam advisory: host may be affected by pam_namespace path handling (CVE-2025-8941).

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2025.2452");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-8941");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-11-21 04:26:30 +0000 (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)");
  script_version("2025-11-21T05:40:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-21 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-08-13 15:15:41 +0000 (Wed, 13 Aug 2025)");

  script_name("Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2452)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gb_huawei_euleros_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/euleros", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=EULEROS\-2\.0SP13");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"EulerOS-SA-2025-2452");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/euleros/securitydetail.html?secId=EulerOS-SA-2025-2452");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'pam' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2025-2452 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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' fix for CVE-2025-6020.(CVE-2025-8941)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'pam' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP13.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "EULEROS-2.0SP13") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pam", rpm:"pam~1.5.2~6.h24.eulerosv2r13", rls:"EULEROS-2.0SP13"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pam-hsm", rpm:"pam-hsm~1.5.2~6.h24.eulerosv2r13", rls:"EULEROS-2.0SP13"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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21 Nov 2025 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.0027
SSVC
5