CVE-2025-57849

medium

Description

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Fuse 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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391100

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57849

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-13

Updated: 2026-03-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00006