What is CVE-2020-8632?

CVE-2020-8632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Cloud-Init, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-8632?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Cloud-Init

CVE-2020-8632

In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords.

EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Canonical Cloud-init
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-521 — Weak Password Requirements

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8632?: CVE-2020-8632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Cloud-Init, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-8632?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.