It has been found that 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/mediawiki-apb

Original bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showbug.cgi?id=1791534

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computingKubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or privatecloud deployments.Security Fix(es): openshift/mediawiki-apb: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2019-19345) openshift/mariadb-apb: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2019-19346) openshift/apb-base: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2019-19348) openshift/postgresql-apb: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2020-1707) openshift/mysql-apb: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2020-1708) openshift/mediawiki: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2020-1709) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.