High (7.8). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/cri-o/cri-o 1.26.0.
A vulnerability was found in cri-o. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 21% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)