CVE-2025-57851

mediumpriority · track · 27OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.11% (1st) EPSS

CVSS 6.7 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 0.5 · impact 5.9

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Multicluster Engine for Kubernetesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:multicluster_engine_for_kubernetes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Web Terminalall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:web_terminal
Red Hat OpenShift Update Serviceall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:update_service
Red Hat Process Automation Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:process_automation_manager:-
redhat advanced cluster management for kubernetesall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1033Verschiedene Red Hat Produkte: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Erlangen von AdministratorrechtenDeutsch2026-04-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in mehreren Red Hat-Produkten ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-04-08modified 2026-07-24

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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