CVE-2025-3528
OpenShift Mirror Registry Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was found in the Mirror Registry. The quay-app container shipped as part of the Mirror Registry for OpenShift has write access to the `/etc/passwd`. This flaw allows a malicious actor with access to the container to modify the passwd file and elevate their privileges to the root user within that pod.
INFO
Published Date :
May 9, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 12, 2025, 5:32 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
1.5
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-3528
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2025-3528.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3528 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359143 |
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 09, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A flaw was found in the Mirror Registry. The quay-app container shipped as part of the Mirror Registry for OpenShift has write access to the `/etc/passwd`. This flaw allows a malicious actor with access to the container to modify the passwd file and elevate their privileges to the root user within that pod. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-276 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3528 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359143
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-3528 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-3528
weaknesses.