CVE-2025-3528
Mirror-registry: local privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions in mirror-registry
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.2 High
- Published
- May 9, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 11, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
mirror-registry |
|
MIRROR-REGISTRY-2.0-RHEL-8Red Hat |
|
mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShiftRed Hat |
References
- RHBA-2025:9645vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3528vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2359143issue-tracking
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