Answer in brief
CVE-2025-57847 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in Ansible-automation-platform: privilege escalation via excessive group writable /etc/passwd permissions. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/controller-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-29-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel9 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.4. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/controller-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-29-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel9 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/controller-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-29-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-25/ansible-dev-tools-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-25/controller-rhel8-operatorgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-26/ee-supported-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-tech-preview/ansible-devspaces-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/ansible-automation-platform-tech-preview/ee-minimal-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Apr 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 13, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 7, 2026
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.
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