Amazon EMR Secret Agent up to 7.3 /tmp/ password recoverable

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Amazon EMR Secret Agent up to 7.3. Affected is an unknown function of the file /tmp/. The manipulation results in password recoverable. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-8904. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Amazon EMR Secret Agent up to 7.3. Affected is an unknown part of the file /tmp/. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recoverable vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-257. The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at docs.aws.amazon.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-8904 since 08/12/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 7.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Password recoverable
CWE: CWE-257 / CWE-255
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: EMR Secret Agent 7.4

Timelineinfo

08/12/2025 CVE reserved
08/13/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
08/13/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/19/2025 +37 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: docs.aws.amazon.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-8904 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8904
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-320022

Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2025 20:46
Updated: 09/19/2025 15:24
Changes: 08/13/2025 20:46 (66), 08/15/2025 00:09 (1), 09/19/2025 15:24 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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