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.