CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-20264

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-10-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-10-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-266, CWE-732

Description

An insecure modification flaw in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openjdk-1.8 and openjdk-11 containers. This flaw allows an attacker with access to the container to modify the /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Affected configurations

• oracle openjdk 1.8.0 • oracle openjdk 11

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References