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CVE-2025-5689
HIGH · CVSS 8.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-06-16T12:15:19.610 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:48:33.597

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.

Affected products

canonical — authd

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References

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