CVE-2020-8631
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 5, 2020 at 01:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:26 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapCloud Init
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00042.htmlx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1860795x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/204Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00021.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-330
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