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CVE-2025-4437 There's a vulnerability in the CRI-O application where when container is launched with securityContext.runAsUser…

Description

There's a vulnerability in the CRI-O application where when container is launched with securityContext.runAsUser specifying a non-existent user, CRI-O attempts to create the user, reading the container's entire /etc/passwd file into memory. If this file is excessively large, it can cause the a high memory consumption leading applications to be killed due to out-of-memory. As a result a denial-of-service can be achieved, possibly disrupting other pods and services running in the same host.

Affected products and versions

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Versions not published

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