CVE-2025-57847
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391092
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57847
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | ansible_automation_platform | {"endIncluding":"2.6"} | |
References
CWEs
CWE-276
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.