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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2025-57848 EUVD-2025-35712GHSA-4c2p-6qpx-xc78

Container-native-virtualization: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions

Published Oct 23, 2025 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Container-native Virtualization 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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat RHEL-8-CNV-4.12 — —
Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.14 — —
Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.16 — —
Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.17 — —
Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.18 — —

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