CVE-2025-8904: Privilege escalation issue in Amazon EMR Secret Agent component
Amazon · EMR
Vendor fix available · Affected: Amazon EMR · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 33% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Amazon · EMRfrom 6.10 before 7.4
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Amazon
- Published
- August 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
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