No minimum password length in etcd (etcd-io etcd)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.34 % · percentile 71 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-521 — Weak Password Requirements
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-4993-m7g5-r9hh — etcd has no minimum password length
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-7012
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-15115
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0249 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:etcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.3.0 < 3.3.23cpe:2.3:a:redhat:etcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.4.0 < 3.4.10cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| etcd-io · etcd | affected < 3.3.23 ; affected < 3.4.10 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |