CVE-2020-8631
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.11%cloud-init - security update
Published: 2/5/2020Modified: 3/9/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8631DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8632DLA-2113-1
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 packages (2)
- Debian/cloud-initfrom 0, < 19.4-2
- Debian/cloud-initfrom 0, < 0.7.6~bzr976-2+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |