Users: `root` appended to group listings
Priority LOW 33CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
A flaw was found in the user's crate for Rust. This vulnerability allows privilege escalation via incorrect group listing when a user or process has fewer than exactly 1024 groups, leading to the erroneous inclusion of the root group in the access list.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00205 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial rust-users: 0.11.1Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | rust-users | 0.8.0 to before 0.11.1 | 0.11.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 | — | 1.10-1753885668 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | users (crates.io) | 0.8.0 – 0.11.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-m65q-v92h-cm7q |
- rust-users Vendor— Affected 0.8.0 to before 0.11.1 Fixed in 0.11.1 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.10-1753885668 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- users (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.8.0 – 0.11.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-m65q-v92h-cm7q
CPE names CNA · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1.10::el9 | 1.10 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 | 10 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 | 9 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 | 4 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:trusted_profile_analyzer:1 | 1 | — | Red Hat |
- cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1.10::el9 Versions 1.10 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 Versions 10 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 Versions 9 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 Versions 4 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:trusted_profile_analyzer:1 Versions 1 — ·Red Hat
Remediation
- Fix · CNA rust-users Fixed in 0.11.1
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2025:12359 Released 2025-07-31 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers release
- Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-rhel9-operator
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:12359 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5791
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m65q-v92h-cm7q
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: openshift-sandboxed-containers/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-05 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.10 · Red Hat
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Sources
- CVE-2025-5791 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5791 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m65q-v92h-cm7q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-5791 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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