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CVE-2025-57847

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Ansible Automation Platform images.

Published Apr 8, 2026 · updated Oct 13, 2026 · redhat ansible automation platform

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.

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  1. Apr 8, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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

  2. Oct 13, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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

Affected

  • cpe redhat/ansible automation platformversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-57847

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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

    nvd.nist.gov

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