Bug 2359143 (CVE-2025-3528)

Summary: CVE-2025-3528 mirror-registry: Local privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions in mirror-registry
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: bdettelb, doconnor, marco.depedrini, teagle
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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.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-04-11 19:05:22 UTC
There's a privilege escalation vulnerability in quay-app container for the Mirror Registry application, where an attacker with access to the containerized pod can escalate its privilege to root access within the pod environment.