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TI-2020-01652 Aliases CVE-2020-1706GHSA-j28m-qhxw-4r5g

Incorrect permission assignment in Red Hat openshift/apb-tools-container

Priority LOW 30CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

It has been found that in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and openshift-enterprise versions 4.1 up to, including 4.3, multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/apb-tools-container.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00245 15th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red Hatopenshift/apb-tools-containeropenshift-enterprise version 3.11; from openshift-enterprise version 4.1 to, including 4.3—No fix listedCNA
  • openshift/apb-tools-container VendorRed Hat Affected openshift-enterprise version 3.11; from openshift-enterprise version 4.1 to, including 4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.11VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.11 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:2442 Released 2020-06-17 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.25 openshift-enterprise-apb-tools-container security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 openshift4/apb-tools
  • RHSA-2020:2305 Released 2020-06-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.34 openshift-enterprise-apb-tools-container security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 openshift4/apb-tools

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed RHSA-2020:2305
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed RHSA-2020:2442

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1706
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j28m-qhxw-4r5g

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-34021 Linux kernel skb coalescing drops shared-frag marker KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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