Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2025-8766
CVE-2025-8766
Description
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
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Affected products
3cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_data_foundation:4+ 1 more
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_data_foundation:4
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_data_foundation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
4- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8766nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37387nvd
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-8766.jsonnvd
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