CVE-2025-8904

CVSS v3 8.5 HIGH

8.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

A

mazon 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.

References

Link	Resource
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-017/
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-750-release.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf8h-76fm-735v

Configurations

No configuration.

History

14 Oct 2025, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~{'url': 'https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-release-app-versions-7.x.html', 'source': 'ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5'}~~	() https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-750-release.html -

19 Sep 2025, 11:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-13 18:15

Updated : 2025-10-14 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-8904

Mitre link : CVE-2025-8904

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-8904

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-257

Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

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