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CVE-2020-15115

No minimum password length in etcd

Published: Aug 6, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-521
5.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 31.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10 does not perform any password length validation, which allows for very short passwords, such as those with a length of one. This may allow an attacker to guess or brute-force users' passwords with little computational effort.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-521

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
etcdOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
etcd-io
etcdMixed
Databases / nosql
Go
package-ecosystem
go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Credential Access
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References

https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-4993-m7g5-r9hh
github.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L6B6R43Y7M3DCHWK3L3UVGE2K6WWECMP/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15115
nvd.nist.gov
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