Description
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.
CVSS 6.4EPSS 0.159%Risk 0.65
View source- Published
- 2026-04-08 14:16:25
- Affected versions
- unknown
- Type
- Core software
- Last modified
- 2026-08-07 14:16:53
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H