vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-20264

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 6, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

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.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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