6.4mediumMedium

CVE-2025-57847

Redhat Ansible Automation Platform

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Ansible Automation Platform images. This issue arises from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during the build process. 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 vulnerability allows an attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, gaining full root privileges within the container.

Exploitation status

  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires local access to the machine.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker's control.
  • To exploit it, an administrative account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
6.4 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-276
Assigned by
secalert@redhat.com

Dates

Published
2026-04-08
Last modified
2026-08-27
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Redhat Ansible Automation Platform- 2.6

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References