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Weak Password Requirements

CVE-2020-15115

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

etcd versions prior to 3.3.23 and 3.4.x prior to 3.4.10 do 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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-521 - Weak Password Requirements

The product does not require that users should have strong passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published