Operator-sdk: privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions of /etc/passwd (CVE-2025-7195)
Published Last modified Sources: Red Hat, CVE.org, OSV
What is affected, what to do
Early versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID. Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 provided a script, user_setup, which modifies the permissions of the /etc/passwd file to 664 during build time.
Update Operator-framework Operator-sdk to version 0.15.2, Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.17 to version v4.17.39-2, Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.18 to version v4.18.25-3.
- Affected
- Operator-framework Operator-sdk
lt *..0.15.2 - Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.17
lt *..v4.17.39-2 - Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.18
lt *..v4.18.25-3 - Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.20
lt *..v4.20.3-3 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6
lt *..v2.6 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.7
lt *..v2.7 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
lt *..1765872406 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
lt *..1766360304 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
lt *..1765669648 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
lt *..1765866268 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
lt *..1765872399 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
lt *..1765872402 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
lt *..1765872398 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
lt *..1765872400 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9
lt *..v2.9 - Red Hat OpenShift Compliance Operator 1
lt *..1.8.0 - Red Hat OpenShift Compliance Operator 1
lt *..1768172669 - Red Hat OpenShift File Integrity Operator - FIO 1
lt *..v1.3 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11
lt *..v2.11 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
lt *..v2.12 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
lt *..1773285089 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
lt *..1773259164 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
lt *..1773259182 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
lt *..1773358651 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
lt *..1773090513 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
lt *..1767569821 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
lt *..1767829032 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
lt *..1767656229 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
lt *..v2.14 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
lt *..1769720041 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
lt *..1770343757 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
lt *..1769721579 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
lt *..1770336554 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178221 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178222 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178236 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178273 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178715 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178261 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178354 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178419 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178768 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178319 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178386 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178406 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178615 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178379 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178329 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764178423 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
lt *..v4.14-1764215448 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176261 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176342 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176372 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176892 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176485 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176698 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176699 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176675 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764177101 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176690 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764221806 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764222436 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764177174 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764177033 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764176958 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764177020 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
lt *..v4.15-1764177029 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764168955 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169118 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169242 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169544 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169347 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169479 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169526 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169464 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169687 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169457 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169527 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169577 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169730 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169598 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169623 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764169710 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764170019 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
lt *..v4.16-1764170021 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764167834 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764167795 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764167826 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764167876 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168179 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764167987 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168476 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168475 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168431 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168662 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168536 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168609 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168731 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168699 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764168859 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764169063 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764169125 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
lt *..v4.17-1764169222 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854289 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854280 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854319 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761855549 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854321 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854422 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854430 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854457 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854484 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854398 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854494 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854493 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854504 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854489 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761855467 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761854524 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1762335558 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
lt *..v4.18-1761855234
- Operator-framework Operator-sdk
- Fixed in
- Operator-framework Operator-sdk
0.15.2 - Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.17
v4.17.39-2 - Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.18
v4.18.25-3 - Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.20
v4.20.3-3 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6
v2.6 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.7
v2.7 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
1765872406 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
1766360304 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
1765669648 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
1765866268 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
1765872399 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
1765872402 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
1765872398 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
1765872400 - Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9
v2.9 - Red Hat OpenShift Compliance Operator 1
1.8.0 - Red Hat OpenShift Compliance Operator 1
1768172669 - Red Hat OpenShift File Integrity Operator - FIO 1
v1.3 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11
v2.11 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
v2.12 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
1773285089 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
1773259164 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
1773259182 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
1773358651 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12
1773090513 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
1767569821 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
1767829032 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
1767656229 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
v2.14 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
1769720041 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
1770343757 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
1769721579 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
1770336554 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178221 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178222 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178236 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178273 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178715 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178261 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178354 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178419 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178768 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178319 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178386 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178406 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178615 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178379 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178329 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764178423 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14
v4.14-1764215448 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176261 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176342 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176372 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176892 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176485 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176698 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176699 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176675 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764177101 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176690 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764221806 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764222436 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764177174 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764177033 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764176958 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764177020 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.15
v4.15-1764177029 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764168955 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169118 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169242 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169544 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169347 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169479 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169526 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169464 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169687 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169457 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169527 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169577 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169730 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169598 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169623 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764169710 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764170019 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.16
v4.16-1764170021 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764167834 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764167795 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764167826 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764167876 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168179 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764167987 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168476 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168475 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168431 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168662 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168536 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168609 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168731 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168699 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764168859 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764169063 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764169125 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17
v4.17-1764169222 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854289 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854280 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854319 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761855549 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854321 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854422 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854430 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854457 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854484 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854398 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854494 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854493 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854504 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854489 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761855467 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761854524 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1762335558 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18
v4.18-1761855234
- Operator-framework Operator-sdk
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Metrics
6.4
Priority
XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.
Source: NVD, CVSS v3
6.4
CVSS v3
Severity Medium on the scale from 0 to 10.
Source: Red Hat, CVE.org, OSV
0.2 %
EPSS score
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 13.6
Show all metrics
- Severity
- Medium
Priority (0–325)
The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?
Read in glossary- 43.77 Methodology
Exploit maturity
An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.
Read in glossary- no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS
XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.
Read in glossary- 6.4 Methodology
CVSS v3
CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.
Read in glossary- 6.4
EPSS score
The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.
Read in glossary- 0.2 %
- Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile
The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.
Read in glossary- 13.6
- Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
KEV status
The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.
Read in glossary- —
- Published
CWE
CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.
Read in glossary- CWE-276
Detection rules
No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.
Classification under NIS2 and CRA
Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.
NIS2
NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.
Read in glossary- Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
CRA
The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.
Read in glossary- From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.
Read in glossary- Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.
Description
Early versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID. Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 provided a script, user_setup, which modifies the permissions of the /etc/passwd file to 664 during build time. Developers who used Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 to scaffold their operator may still be impacted by this if the insecure user_setup script is still being used to build new container images. In affected images, the /etc/passwd file is created during build time with group-writable permissions and a group ownership of root (gid=0). An attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, may be able to 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.
Source: redhat_csaf, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST), OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities), CVE.org (MITRE)
Affected products
The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.
| Affected versions | Fixed in | ||
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| operator-framework | operator-sdk |
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| Red Hat | Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes |
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| Red Hat | multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 |
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| Red Hat | multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.7 |
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| Red Hat | multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8 |
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| Red Hat | multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9 |
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| Red Hat | Multicluster Global Hub |
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| Red Hat | OpenShift Compliance Operator 1 |
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| Red Hat | OpenShift File Integrity Operator - FIO 1 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Fuse 7 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.14 |
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Vendors and products
- Go
- Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes
- Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes 2.6
- Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes 2.8
- Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes 2.9
- Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub
- Red Hat Openshift File Integrity Operator - Fio 1
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2.11
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2.13
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2.14
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4
Weakness classes (CWE)
CWE-276Incorrect Default Permissions
Base
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
Entry at MITRE CWE-276
References & sources
- GitHub Security Advisoriesadvisories/GHSA-856v-8qm2-9wjvadvisory
- NVD (NIST)vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7195advisory
- access.redhat.comsecurity/cve/CVE-2025-7195web, Vulnerability database, x_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2376300web, Issue tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHEA-2025:23406Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHEA-2025:23478Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHEA-2026:0129Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:19332Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:19335Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:19958Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:19961Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:21368Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:21885Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:22415Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:22416Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:22418Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:22420Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:22683Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:22684Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:23528Vendor advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Affected versions (publisher) added —Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2025/7xxx/CVE-2025-7195.json">CVE-2025-7195</a>Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com
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Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Affected versions (publisher) added —Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2025/7xxx/CVE-2025-7195.json">CVE-2025-7195</a>Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com
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Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Affected versions (publisher) added —Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2025/7xxx/CVE-2025-7195.json">CVE-2025-7195</a>Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:23406Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:23478Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2026:0129Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19332Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19335Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19958Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19961Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21368Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22415Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22416Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22418Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22420Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22683Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22684Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23528Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23529Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23542Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0627Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0718Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0722Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0737Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2572Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5633Reference added —https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7195Reference added —https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376300Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:23406—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:23478—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2026:0129—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19332—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19335—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19958—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19961—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21368—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22415—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22416—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22418—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22420—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22683—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22684—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23528—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23529—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23542—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0627—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0718—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0722—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0737—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2572—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5633—Reference removed https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7195—Reference removed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376300—Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com
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