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Operator-sdk: privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions of /etc/passwd

CVSS 3.1 6.4 MEDIUMEUVD CVSS 3.1 6.4 CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS_V3 Publisher rating MODERATEFixed by github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk 0.15.2osv · severity unknownFixed by github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk 0.15.2KEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2025-7195

Published

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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euvd · EUVD-2025-23951

Published

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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nvd · CVE-2025-7195

Published

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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osv · GHSA-856v-8qm2-9wjv

Published

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.

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osv · GO-2025-3852

Published

operator-sdk: privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions of /etc/passwd in github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk

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13 Nov 2026 05:27:22 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

11 Nov 2026 04:38:08 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

9 Nov 2026 04:13:40 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

7 Nov 2026 03:35:09 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

5 Nov 2026 03:02:57 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

3 Nov 2026 02:14:06 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

1 Nov 2026 01:19:13 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

30 Oct 2026 01:04:12 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

27 Oct 2026 23:58:38 UTC

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/pass…

euvd · EUVD-2025-23951 · Published

25 Oct 2026 04:17:18 UTC

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/pass…

nvd · CVE-2025-7195 · Published

24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC

operator-sdk: privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions of /etc/passwd

osv · GHSA-856v-8qm2-9wjv · Published

24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC

operator-sdk: privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions of /etc/passwd in github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk

osv · GO-2025-3852 · Published

23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC

Operator-sdk: privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions of /etc/passwd

cve-program · CVE-2025-7195 · Published

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