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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-4993-m7g5-r9hh
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L6B6R43Y7M3DCHWK3L3UVGE2K6WWECMP/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.8
EPSS
0.0134
EPSS Percentile
67.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-521
Status
published
Products (3)
etcd/client
3.4.0 - 3.4.10Go
fedoraproject/fedora
32
redhat/etcd
3.3.0 - 3.3.23
Published
Aug 06, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026