CVE-2025-57852 (GCVE-0-2025-57852)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-30 14:37
Modified
2026-03-06 23:45
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CWE
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Summary
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in KServe ModelMesh container 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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Impacted products
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16 |
Unaffected: sha256:97e2bd9b587f08e135a9aeb9b3e0dc6eafa1a9bdacbb5ecb681ce9bd5aa37fc9 < * cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:2.16::el8 |
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