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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-017/
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-release-app-versions-7.x.html

Configurations

No configuration.

History

14 Aug 2025, 13:11

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Summary		(es) Amazon EMR Secret Agent crea un archivo keytab con las credenciales de Kerberos. Este archivo se almacena en el directorio /tmp/. Un usuario con acceso a este directorio y a otra cuenta puede descifrar las claves y obtener mayores privilegios. Se recomienda a los usuarios actualizar a Amazon EMR 7.5 o superior. Para las versiones de Amazon EMR entre 6.10 y 7.4, recomendamos encarecidamente ejecutar el script de arranque y los archivos RPM con la corrección proporcionada en la ubicación a continuación.

13 Aug 2025, 18:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-13 18:15

Updated : 2025-08-14 13:11

NVD link : CVE-2025-8904

Mitre link : CVE-2025-8904

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-8904

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-257

Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

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