CVE-2025-57847: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: up to and including 2.6

Published 2026-04-08. Last modified 2026-09-24.