CVE-2025-7195 – github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk

Package

Manager: go
Name: github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.15.2

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 6e-05 pctl0.00265

Details

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

Metadata

Created: 2025-08-07T21:31:08Z
Modified: 2025-08-07T21:59:46Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-856v-8qm2-9wjv/GHSA-856v-8qm2-9wjv.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-276"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-856v-8qm2-9wjv
Finding: F159
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