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.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42141
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42144
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57847	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391092	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Jul 2026, 06:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42141 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42144 -

01 May 2026, 20:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform::::::::
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57847 -~~	() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57847 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391092 -~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391092 - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Redhat Redhat ansible Automation Platform

08 Apr 2026, 14:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-04-08 14:16

Updated : 2026-07-21 06:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-57847

Mitre link : CVE-2025-57847

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-57847

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

ansible_automation_platform

CWE

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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