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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.4 Medium

CVE-2025-57852

Openshift-ai: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
redhat

Description

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in KServe ModelMesh container 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16

Default version status: affected

  • sha256:97e2bd9b587f08e135a9aeb9b3e0dc6eafa1a9bdacbb5ecb681ce9bd5aa37fc9 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.19

Default version status: affected

  • sha256:53ac36baa374159b9065c718a9ede821bbb61d9ebe9502b2243e0a9f7aca0d16 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.21

Default version status: affected

  • sha256:687c8eeed55f021ecaab1307f0e88b5b16d91f72d63b3d7168d7bbee90e8947b to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.22

Default version status: affected

  • sha256:1709fa3c79aad4ba7eb9be8299949396092c8e20210124e0c0936385bc04e839 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.24

Default version status: affected

  • sha256:92629b1462ca2ed121dd2f3069a005d78e00e1344d330d6a8710f53ec58b74b8 to < *unaffected

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