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CVE-2020-8631

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.

  • Published: Feb 5, 2020
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2020-8631
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
canonical / cloud-init - 19.4.x
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x