Description
An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in all versions of OpenShift ServiceMesh (maistra) before 1.0.8 in the openshift/istio-kialia-rhel7-operator-container. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1704
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
28.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-266
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (1)
redhat/openshift_service_mesh
< 1.0.8
Published
Feb 17, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026