CVE-2016-6829

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

The trove service user in (1) Openstack deployment (aka crowbar-openstack) and (2) Trove Barclamp (aka barclamp-trove and crowbar-barclamp-trove) in the Crowbar Framework has a default password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Barclamp-Trove Project Barclamp-Trove: all versions
Crowbar-Openstack Project Crowbar-Openstack: all versions

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/16/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92476
https://github.com/crowbar/barclamp-trove/commit/932298f250365fed6963700870e52db3a7a32daa
https://github.com/crowbar/crowbar-openstack/commit/208230bdfbcb19d062149d083b1a66b429516a69
https://www.suse.com/security/cve//CVE-2016-6829.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/16/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92476
https://github.com/crowbar/barclamp-trove/commit/932298f250365fed6963700870e52db3a7a32daa
https://github.com/crowbar/crowbar-openstack/commit/208230bdfbcb19d062149d083b1a66b429516a69
https://www.suse.com/security/cve//CVE-2016-6829.html

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