fkie_cve-2025-5689
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-06-16 12:15
Modified
2025-08-26 16:04
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
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
security@ubuntu.comhttps://github.com/ubuntu/authd/security/advisories/GHSA-g8qw-mgjx-rwjrPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical authd *


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  "lastModified": "2025-08-26T16:04:34.083",
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