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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2025-57847 EUVD-2025-209298GHSA-49g2-wpmf-55pv

Ansible-automation-platform: privilege escalation via excessive group writable /etc/passwd permissions

Published Apr 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.16 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.18 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Core 2 — —

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