CVE-2020-35189
The official kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password...
The official kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the kong docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a 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 kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the kong docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
CVE-2020-35189- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The official kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the kong docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
CVE-2020-35189- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-22876 No score
The official kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the kong docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
EUVD-2020-22876- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-685v-qm2g-x563 No score
The official kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password...
The official kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the kong docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
GHSA-685v-qm2g-x563- Weakness
- CWE-306
- 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-2020-35189 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Kong Alpine Docker Image, published December 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.20%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.