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CVE-2025-8904

· Published 13/08/2025 18:15 · Modified 13/08/2025 18:15

Labels: CVE-2025-8904 2025-08-13CVE-2025-8904CWE-257ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5

Essential information

Published
13/08/2025 18:15
Modified
13/08/2025 18:15
Author
Creator
CVSS
9.0 CRITICAL (v3) 9.0 CRITICAL (v4.0)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector

CVSS metrics

Description

Amazon EMR Secret Agent creates a keytab file containing Kerberos credentials. This file is stored in the /tmp/ directory. A user with access to this directory and another account can potentially decrypt the keys and escalate to higher privileges. Users are advised to upgrade to Amazon EMR version 7.5 or higher. For Amazon EMR releases between 6.10 and 7.4, we strongly recommend that you run the bootstrap script and RPM files with the fix provided in the location below.

NVD status

Status
Received — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
NVD
View on NVD

Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
amazon / emr cpe:2.3:a:amazon:emr:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amazon / emr cpe:2.3:a:amazon:emr:6.10-7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References