CVE-2025-57847

MEDIUMNVD 6.46.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-08. NVD baseline CVSS 6.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
6.4
EG Score
6.4(medium)
EPSS
5.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated May 1, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2391092 – (CVE-2025-57847) CVE-2025-57847 ansible-automation-platform: privilege escalation via excessive group writable /etc/passwd permissions

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391092
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57847

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-57847(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-57847?
CVE-2025-57847 is a medium vulnerability published on April 8, 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…
When was CVE-2025-57847 disclosed?
CVE-2025-57847 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-57847 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-57847 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 5.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-57847?
CVE-2025-57847 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-57847?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-57847, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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