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high 7.0

CVE-2020-1705 json

A vulnerability was found in openshift/template-service-broker-operator in all 4.x.x versions prior to 4.3.0, where an insecure modificatio…

published 2020-03-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-12560

cvss
7.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in openshift/template-service-broker-operator in all 4.x.x versions prior to 4.3.0, where an insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openshift/template-service-broker-operator. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.

Patch / fix

  • redhat template_service_broker_operator 4.3.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-1705 updated cvss 7.0

openshift/template-service-broker-operator: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 openshift4/apb-base v4.2.27-202003301126, openshift4/apb-tools v4.2.27-202003301126, openshift4/mediawiki v4.2.27-202003301126, openshift4/mysql-apb v4.2.27-202003301126, openshift4/mariadb-apb v4.2.27-202003301126, openshift4/postgres-apb v4.2.27-202003301126, +34 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2020:1278
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 openshift4/ose-template-service-broker-operator v4.3.7-202003161611
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0866

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat openshift/template-service-broker-operator

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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