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CVE-2020-29575

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The official elixir Docker images before 1.8.0-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the elixir Linux Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

Affected products

• Docker Elixir Alpine Docker Image: before 1.8.0 — fixed in 1.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Docker Elixir Alpine Docker Image 1.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/koharin/koharin2/blob/main/CVE-2020-29575
• https://github.com/koharin/koharin2/blob/main/CVE-2020-29575

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