8.5High
CVE-2025-8904Privilege escalation issue in Amazon EMR Secret Agent component
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.
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-257
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
References and patches
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-750-release.html release-notespatch
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-017/ vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf8h-76fm-735v third-party-advisory