A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Multi-Cloud Object Gateway Core 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
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| Description | A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Multi-Cloud Object Gateway Core 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 | |
| Title | Noobaa-core: excessive permissions of /etc could lead to escalation of privilege in the noobaa-core container | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat openshift Data Foundation |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-276 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_data_foundation:4 | |
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Redhat
Redhat openshift Data Foundation |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-13T02:48:19.748Z
Reserved: 2025-08-08T16:07:52.076Z
Link: CVE-2025-8766
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