CVE-2025-57849CWE-276

Fuse: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions

Medium · published March 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Fuse 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.

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
0.00216 · 11.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions
Published
2026-03-13T03:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 MAR 03:08Z
    Fuse: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
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