CVE-2025-57849

MEDIUM

Fuse: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (1)
Red Hat/Red Hat Fuse 7
Published Mar 13, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 14, 2026