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CVE-2025-5689

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CVE-2025-5689

Published: Jun 16, 2025

Modified: Jun 17, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.5

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Canonical

authd

affected
0.0.0 - <= 0.5.4

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

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