CVE-2025-5689
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.
- Affected products
- Openssh
- Canonical Authd
- < 0.5.4
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.5 HIGH
- EPSS
- 0.3% (18th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-06-16
CVE-2025-5689 at NVD
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