CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-57851

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-08 Modified 2026-07-24 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-08
Last modified
2026-07-24
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-276

Description

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, can leverage their membership in the root group to modify the /etc/passwd file. This could allow the attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, leading to full root privileges within the container.

Affected configurations

• redhat advanced cluster management for kubernetes

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness

References