5.2
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-7195
Operator-SDK Insecure User Setup Permissions Vulnerability
Description

Early versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID. Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 provided a script, user_setup, which modifies the permissions of the /etc/passwd file to 664 during build time. Developers who used Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 to scaffold their operator may still be impacted by this if the insecure user_setup script is still being used to build new container images. In affected images, the /etc/passwd file is created during build time with group-writable permissions and a group ownership of root (gid=0). An attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, may be able to leverage their membership in the root group to modify the /etc/passwd file. This could allow the attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, leading to full root privileges within the container.

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Published Date :

Aug. 7, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 8, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update Operator-SDK and rebuild images to fix insecure file permissions.
  • Update Operator-SDK to version 0.15.2 or later.
  • Rebuild operator images using a secure build process.
  • Review container security for any unauthorized modifications.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7195
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376300
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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Early versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID. Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 provided a script, user_setup, which modifies the permissions of the /etc/passwd file to 664 during build time. Developers who used Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 to scaffold their operator may still be impacted by this if the insecure user_setup script is still being used to build new container images. In affected images, the /etc/passwd file was created during build time with group-writable permissions and a group ownership of root (gid=0). An attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, may be able to leverage their membership in the root group to modify the /etc/passwd file. This could allow the attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, leading to full root privileges within the container. Early versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID. Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 provided a script, user_setup, which modifies the permissions of the /etc/passwd file to 664 during build time. Developers who used Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 to scaffold their operator may still be impacted by this if the insecure user_setup script is still being used to build new container images. In affected images, the /etc/passwd file is created during build time with group-writable permissions and a group ownership of root (gid=0). An attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, may be able to leverage their membership in the root group to modify the /etc/passwd file. This could allow the attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, leading to full root privileges within the container.
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Early versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID. Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 provided a script, user_setup, which modifies the permissions of the /etc/passwd file to 664 during build time. Developers who used Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 to scaffold their operator may still be impacted by this if the insecure user_setup script is still being used to build new container images. In affected images, the /etc/passwd file was created during build time with group-writable permissions and a group ownership of root (gid=0). An attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, may be able to leverage their membership in the root group to modify the /etc/passwd file. This could allow the attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, leading to full root privileges within the container.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
    Added CWE CWE-276
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7195
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376300
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Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.2
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