CVE-2020-15115

Aliases:GHSA-4993-m7g5-r9hh
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 06 Aug 2020, 21:55
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 13:08

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.3% LOW
0% probability -0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Aug 2020, 21:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 13:08
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.30%• Percentile: 54%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-521•Weak Password Requirements

    The product does not require that users should have strong passwords.

Affected Systems

  • etcd-io•etcd

    < 3.3.23 | < 3.4.10

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    32

  • go.etcd.io/etcd/client•v3

    ≥ 3.4.0, < 3.4.10 | < 3.3.23

  • redhat•etcd

    ≥ 3.3.0, < 3.3.23 | ≥ 3.4.0, < 3.4.10

References (5)