CVE-2020-1704

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p20

Published

Feb 17, 2020 (Feb 17, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in all versions of OpenShift ServiceMesh (maistra) before 1.0.8 in the openshift/istio-kialia-rhel7-operator-container. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.

Vendors: redhat
Products: openshift service mesh
Weakness: CWE-266, CWE-732
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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