CVE-2020-29576
The official eggdrop Docker images before 1.8.4rc2 contain a blank password for a root user....
The official eggdrop Docker images before 1.8.4rc2 contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Eggdrop Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The official eggdrop Docker images before 1.8.4rc2 contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Eggdrop Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
CVE-2020-29576- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The official eggdrop Docker images before 1.8.4rc2 contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Eggdrop Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
CVE-2020-29576- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21938 No score
The official eggdrop Docker images before 1.8.4rc2 contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Eggdrop Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21938- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xjpv-48qr-cg8g No score
The official eggdrop Docker images before 1.8.4rc2 contain a blank password for a root user....
The official eggdrop Docker images before 1.8.4rc2 contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Eggdrop Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
GHSA-xjpv-48qr-cg8g- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-29576 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Eggheads Eggdrop Docker Image, published December 8, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.02%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.