CVE-2025-57847 | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 default permission

VDB-356237 · CVE-2025-57847 · GCVE-0-2025-57847 RED HAT ANSIBLE AUTOMATION PLATFORM 2 DEFAULT PERMISSION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 6.4 $5k-$25k 1.38+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to default permission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-57847. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Detailsinfo A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Ansible Automation Platform images. This issue arises from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during the build process. 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 vulnerability allows an attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, gaining full root privileges within the container. The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-57847 since 08/21/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue. There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Productinfo Type Automation Software Vendor Red Hat Name Ansible Automation Platform Version 2 License open-source Website Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4 VulDB Base Score: 6.4 VulDB Temp Score: 6.4 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 6.4 CNA Vector (redhat): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Default permission CWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: Partially Local: Yes Remote: No Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: no mitigation known Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Timelineinfo 08/21/2025 CVE reserved 04/08/2026 +230 days Advisory disclosed 04/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Vendor: redhat.com Advisory: access.redhat.com Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2025-57847 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-57847 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356237 Entryinfo Created: 04/08/2026 16:30 Changes: 04/08/2026 16:30 (62) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:17F:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸