Medium

Ansible-automation-platform: privilege escalation via excessive group writable /etc/passwd permissions

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced 8 Apr 2026Group revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2025-57847

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2025-57847

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.16

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.16

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.18

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.18

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/9/product

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/10/product

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/11/product

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/12/product

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/13/product

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/26/product

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Core 2

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/27/product

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Core 2

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/28/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2025-57847
Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #20507 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:29:23 GMT
Publisher date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:55:00 GMT

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25 Oct 2026CVE-2025-57847 · Revision 1Source updated