CVE-2025-57850 (GCVE-0-2025-57850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-02 18:53 – Updated: 2026-03-12 20:01
VLAI
Title
Codeready-ws: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
Summary
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain CodeReady Workspaces 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.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-02 20:24 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1036 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391103 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_devspaces:3
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Date Public
2025-12-02 15:49
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Antony Di Scala and Michael Whale for reporting this issue.
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