6.4Medium
CVE-2025-58712Amq: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
Description
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain AMQ Broker images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. 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 could allow the attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, leading to full root privileges within the container.
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-276
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Versions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | activemq-artemis | — | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | RHEL-9 based Middleware Containers | all versions | |
| rhosemc | 1.0 | — |
References and patches
- RHSA-2025:17562 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-58712 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2394418 issue-tracking