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CVE-2025-57848

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Container-native Virtualization 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.

  • Published: Oct 23, 2025
  • Updated: Nov 4, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2025-57848
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.2
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

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