Security Advisory

CVE-2021-20264

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-10-06 15:12:05
Last updated 2024-08-03 17:37:23
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

An insecure modification flaw in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openjdk-1.8 and openjdk-11 containers. This flaw allows an attacker with access to the container to modify the /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.