Description (CNA)
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
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782932114 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782931768 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782932104 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783536000 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783535989 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783536515 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782932521 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783018461 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783018421 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782932812 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783537001 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782932919 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783537586 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782932969 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782933015 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782933042 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783537392 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782933235 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782933251 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783537955 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782933417 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783537742 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782933602 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1783019377 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782934054 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782934036 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | unaffected 1782934284 before * |
CWE
CWE-276
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37387
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8766
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2387265
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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