CVE-2025-57847

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: April 8, 2026 (36 days ago)
Last Modified: April 8, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-276

Affected Products

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

References