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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 7, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-1708

CVE-2020-1708

Description

It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to, including 4.3, that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/mysql-apb.

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Affected products

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  • Red Hat/Openshift Container Platform4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/OpenShift Enterprisellm-fuzzy
    Range: 3.11, 4.1-4.3
  • Red Hat/openshift/postgresql-apbcpe-rescue
    Range: openshift-enterprise version 3.11

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