Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-57847
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 0.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.4
References
Products affected by CVE-2025-57847
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6