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Full Remediation Framework for Operator‑SDK Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities #6886

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{
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"id": "GHSA-856v-8qm2-9wjv",
"modified": "2026-02-11T18:31:25Z",
"modified": "2026-02-11T18:32:31Z",
"published": "2025-08-07T21:31:08Z",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-7195"
],
"summary": "operator-sdk: privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions of /etc/passwd",
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"summary": "⭐ Introduce Automated Remediation Framework for Operator‑SDK Vulnerabilities",

"details": "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.",
"details": "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.\nProfessional Grade:\nNIST SP 800-61 aligned\nCIS Benchmark compliant\nOWASP standards followed\nReal exploitation scenarios\nKubernetes security hardened",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
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