{"id":"CVE-2025-7195","title":"Early versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID","summary":"Early versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID. Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 provided a script, user_setup, which modifies the permissions of the /etc/p…","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","cwe":["CWE-276"],"vendor":"operator-framework","product":"operator-sdk","affected":["operator-sdk < 0.15.2","container-native-virtualization/cluster-network-addons-operator-rhel9 (all versions)","container-native-virtualization/cluster-network-addons-operator-rhel9 (all versions)","container-native-virtualization/cluster-network-addons-operator-rhel9 (all versions)","compliance/openshift-compliance-rhel8-operator (all versions)","compliance/openshift-compliance-rhel8-operator (all versions)","multicluster-engine/addon-manager-rhel9 (all versions)","multicluster-engine/clusterlifecycle-state-metrics-rhel9 (all versions)","multicluster-engine/discovery-rhel9 (all versions)","multicluster-engine/placement-rhel9 (all versions)","multicluster-engine/registration-operator-rhel9 (all 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2.9"],"published":"2025-08-07","updated":"2026-09-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-21T18:17:06.530","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7195","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:23406","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:23478","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2026:0129","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19332","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19335","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19958","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19961","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21368","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22415","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22416","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22418","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22420","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22683","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22684","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23528","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23529","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23542","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0627","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0718","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0722","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0737","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2572","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5633","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7195","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376300","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-7195.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7195"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7195"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.0022,"epssPercentile":0.12777,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2025-08-07T19:23:11.314765Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-06-26T16:43:13.608Z","slug":"CVE-2025-7195","body":"## Overview\n\nEarly versions of Operator-SDK provided an insecure method to allow operator containers to run in environments that used a random UID. Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 provided a script, user_setup, which modifies the permissions of the /etc/passwd file to 664 during build time. Developers who used Operator-SDK before 0.15.2 to scaffold their operator may still be impacted by this if the insecure user_setup script is still being used to build new container images. \n\nIn affected images, the /etc/passwd file is created during build time with group-writable permissions and a group ownership of root (gid=0). An attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, may be able to 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHEA-2026:0129** · Red Hat · fixed in: CNV 4.17 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-01-06 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2026:0129)\n- **RHEA-2025:23478** · Red Hat · fixed in: CNV 4.18 for RHEL 9 · released 2025-12-17 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:23478)\n- **RHEA-2025:23406** · Red Hat · fixed in: CNV 4.20 for RHEL 9 · released 2025-12-16 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:23406)\n- **RHSA-2025:21885** · Red Hat · fixed in: Compliance Operator 1 · released 2025-11-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885)\n- **RHSA-2026:0737** · Red Hat · fixed in: Compliance Operator 1 · released 2026-01-15 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0737)\n- **RHSA-2025:23542** · Red Hat · fixed in: OpenShift File Integrity Operator - FIO 1 · released 2025-12-17 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23542)\n- **RHSA-2025:23529** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 · released 2025-12-17 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23529)\n- **RHSA-2025:19961** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12 · released 2025-11-10 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19961)\n- **RHSA-2026:5633** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12 · released 2026-03-24 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5633)\n- **RHSA-2026:0627** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 · released 2026-01-14 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0627)\n- **RHSA-2026:0718** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 · released 2026-01-15 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0718)\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2, Red Hat Fuse 7, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 · no fix planned: Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2, Red Hat Fuse 7, … · updated 2026-09-22 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-7195.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":35,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}