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CVE-2025-57847

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Published: Apr 8, 2026Modified: Jul 24, 2026

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6.4
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.5 / Impact: 5.9
Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

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.

Affected (1)

1 product
Ansible Automation Platform
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Up to 2.6

References (4)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory

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