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CVE-2020-15115

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-15115 describes a vulnerability in etcd versions prior to 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, where the software fails to enforce minimum password length, allowing for very short, easily guessable passwords. This flaw affects fedoraproject and redhat etcd and fedora products. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized access and compromise of confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:etcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:etcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3Fixed in: 3.3.23
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3Fixed in: 3.4.10
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 3.5.0-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19204-16823Fixed in: 3.5.0-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 etcd 3.5.0-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.5.0-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 3.5.0-3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1Fixed in: etcd-0:3.3.23-1.el8ost
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)Fixed in: etcd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: etcd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: etcd

Vendor Advisories (4)

goGHSA-4993-m7g5-r9hhmedium

etcd has no minimum password length

Oct 6, 2022
microsoft2021-Dec/CVE-2020-15115

CVE-2020-15115

Dec 14, 2021
microsoft2020-Aug/CVE-2020-15115Important

No minimum password length in etcd

Aug 11, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-15115Moderate

etcd: improper validation of passwords allow an attacker to guess or brute-force user's passwords

Aug 5, 2020

References

github.com / etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-4993-m7g5-r9hh
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L6B6R43Y7M3DCHWK3L3UVGE2K6WWECMP