vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-8631: CVE-2020-8631 cloud-init: Use of random.choice when generating random password (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Feb 5, 2020 | Oct 1, 2020 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 5, 2020
Added
Oct 1, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
cloud-init through 19.4 relies on Mersenne Twister for a random password, which makes it easier for attackers to predict passwords, because rand_str in cloudinit/util.py calls the random.choice function.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-cloud-init
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