---
id: CVE-2025-5791
title: 'users: `root` appended to group listings (CVE-2025-5791)'
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 th…
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cvssSource: vendor
cwe: CWE-266
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
affected:
  - enterprise_linux 10
  - enterprise_linux 9
  - openshift_container_platform 4
  - trusted_profile_analyzer
  - openshift_sandboxed_containers 1.1
patched:
  - openshift_sandboxed_containers 1.1
published: '2025-01-15'
updated: '2026-09-21'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-21T16:17:35+00:00'
source: CSAF
sourceUrl: 'https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-5791.json'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-5791.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5791'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370001'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5791'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5791'
  - url: 'https://crates.io/crates/users'
  - url: 'https://github.com/ogham/rust-users/issues/44'
  - url: 'https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0040.html'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12359'
  - url: 'https://github.com/ogham/rust-users'
tags:
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - osv
  - rust
epss: 0.00197
epssPercentile: 0.08344
aliases:
  - GHSA-m65q-v92h-cm7q
  - RUSTSEC-2025-0040
ecosystem: rust
ingestedAt: '2026-07-16T18:59:42.811Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2025:12359** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1 · released 2025-07-31 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12359)
- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer · updated 2026-09-21 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-5791.json)

**users: `root` appended to group listings** — rated Important by Red Hat. Released 2025-01-15, updated 2026-09-21.

Affected:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer

Fixed:

- Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1

No fix planned:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer

Not affected:

- Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

## Remediation

A new release of Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12359

## Package advisory (CVE-2025-5791)

Affected packages:

- `users >= 0.8.0, <= 0.11.0`

Source: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m65q-v92h-cm7q