CVE-2025-5689
Improper Permission Management in SSH Session Handling
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
16 Jun 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected products
Canonical · authdWant to know if your infrastructure is exposed to this?
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