CVE-2020-8632
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-02-05 13:40
Modified
2024-08-04 10:03
Severity ?
Summary
In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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