Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2026· Updated May 1, 2026
CVE-2025-57853
CVE-2025-57853
Description
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Web Terminal 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 products
1- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:web_terminal:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
2- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57853nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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