CVE-2025-57847CWE-276

CVE-2025-57847

Medium · published April 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00179 · 7.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions
Published
2026-04-08T18:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
redhat/ansible_automation_platform≤ 2.6—
References (13)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 APR 13:55Z
    Ansible-automation-platform: privilege escalation via excessive group writable /etc/passwd permissions
    cvelistv5