CVE-2025-5689

medium

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.

References

https://github.com/ubuntu/authd/security/advisories/GHSA-g8qw-mgjx-rwjr

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-16

Updated: 2025-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.4

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