CVE-2025-57851CWE-276

Mce: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions

Medium · published April 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.00113 · 1.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions
Published
2026-04-08T13:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 APR 13:55Z
    Mce: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
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