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CVE-2025-8904

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:597796a666bf18af0dc59226a3f33e2eba36e50458d94dc8ce8b7da036ad841c
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact"…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"EMR","vendor":"Amazon","versions":[{"lessThan":"7.4","status":"affected","version":"6.10","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact"…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-257","description":"CWE-257: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-017/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["release-notes","patch"],"url":"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-750-release.html"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf8h-76fm-735v"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1893d42166c3e893ab20d9b931f45887c7c30f047b5adb64d555240cbb39832f · sha256:af97dbf660f1d40c… · /containers/cna/references/2

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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