vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-15115: etcd: improper validation of passwords allow an attacker to guess or brute-force user's passwords
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Aug 6, 2020 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 6, 2020
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
Rapid7 Labs
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