CVE-2025-3528 HIGH

CVE-2025-3528: Mirror-registry: local privilege escalation due to incorrect permissions in mirror-registry

Vendor Red Hat
Product mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShift
Weakness CWE-276
Published May 9, 2025
Last update February 27, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 9, 2025 CVE published
February 27, 2026 Record updated