---
id: CVE-2025-58713
title: 'Rhpam: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions'
summary: >-
  A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Red Hat Process
  Automation Manager images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being
  created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain
  conditions, an a…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-276
vendor: Red Hat
product: rhpam-businesscentral-monitoring-rhel8
affected:
  - rhpam-businesscentral-monitoring-rhel8
  - rhpam-businesscentral-rhel8
  - rhpam-controller-rhel8
  - rhpam-dashbuilder-rhel8
  - rhpam-kieserver-rhel8
  - rhpam-process-migration-rhel8
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-04-08T14:28:06.782039Z'
published: '2026-04-08'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T16:33:29.612Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-58713'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-58713'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2394419'
    label: RHBZ#2394419
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00151
epssPercentile: 0.04309
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T22:38:31.364Z'
---

## Overview

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Red Hat Process Automation Manager images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, can leverage their membership in the root group to modify the /etc/passwd file. This could allow the attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, leading to full root privileges within the container.

## Affected

- `rhpam-businesscentral-monitoring-rhel8`
- `rhpam-businesscentral-rhel8`
- `rhpam-controller-rhel8`
- `rhpam-dashbuilder-rhel8`
- `rhpam-kieserver-rhel8`
- `rhpam-process-migration-rhel8`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.