CVE-2025-8904

8.5 HIGH
Published: August 13, 2025 Modified: October 14, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-017/
Source: ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf8h-76fm-735v
Source: ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)