CVE-2025-5689
Improper Permission Management in SSH Session Handling
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- Jun 16, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Reserved
- Jun 4, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the temporary user record that authd uses in the pre-auth NSS. As a result, a user login for the first time will be considered to be part of the root group in the context of that SSH session.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N | canonical |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
authdCanonical |
|
References
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