PT-2025-48768 · Red Hat · Codeready Workspaces

Published 2025-12-02 · Updated 2026-03-07 · CVE-2025-57850

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CodeReady Workspaces (affected versions not specified)

Description A container privilege escalation flaw exists in certain CodeReady Workspaces images. The issue arises from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during the build process. An attacker with command execution within an affected container, even as a non-root user, can exploit their root group membership to modify the /etc/passwd file. This allows the attacker to add a new user with an arbitrary UID, potentially including UID 0, resulting in full root privileges within the container.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-57850

Affected Products

Codeready Workspaces

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57850 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57850 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391103 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/38702 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/154551 · Telegram Post