Description
It has been found that in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and openshift-enterprise versions 4.1 up to, including 4.3, multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/apb-tools-container.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1706
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
26.0%
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-732
Status
published
Products (4)
redhat/openshift_container_platform
3.11
redhat/openshift_container_platform
4.1
redhat/openshift_container_platform
4.2
redhat/openshift_container_platform
4.3
Published
Mar 09, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026