Description

An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the operator-framework/hadoop as shipped in Red Hat Openshift 4. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.

Related CPE's

a

redhat

openshift_container_platform

Vulnerable

o

redhat

enterprise_linux

2

References

https://access.redhat.com/articles/4859371

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791534

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793278

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/articles/4859371

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791534

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793278

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Secondary
CWE-266

[email protected]

Secondary
CWE-269

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 · High

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Modified

Published

2021-03-24T17:15:12.820Z

5 years ago

Last modified

2026-06-17T02:26:33.463Z

3 months ago