What is CVE-2020-35462?

CVE-2020-35462 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Coscale Agent Project, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-35462?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Coscale Agent Project

CVE-2020-35462

Version 3.16.0 of the CoScale agent Docker image contains a blank password for the root user. Systems deployed using affected versions of the CoScale agent container may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.021 (79.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Coscale_agent_project Coscale_agent — versions 3.16.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35462?: CVE-2020-35462 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Coscale Agent Project, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-35462?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.