A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Multi-Cloud Object Gateway Core 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

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Description A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Multi-Cloud Object Gateway Core 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
Title Noobaa-core: excessive permissions of /etc could lead to escalation of privilege in the noobaa-core container
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Data Foundation
Weaknesses CWE-276
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_data_foundation:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Data Foundation
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{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-13T14:13:35.211Z

Reserved: 2025-08-08T16:07:52.076Z

Link: CVE-2025-8766

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Updated: 2026-03-13T14:13:29.623Z

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-03-13T02:37:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-8766 - Bugzilla

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