CVE-2020-35463
Version 1.0.0 of the Instana Dynamic APM Docker image contains a blank password for the root user...
Version 1.0.0 of the Instana Dynamic APM Docker image contains a blank password for the root user. Systems deployed using affected versions of the Instana Dynamic APM container 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
Version 1.0.0 of the Instana Dynamic APM Docker image contains a blank password for the root user. Systems deployed using affected versions of the Instana Dynamic APM container may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
CVE-2020-35463- 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
Version 1.0.0 of the Instana Dynamic APM Docker image contains a blank password for the root user. Systems deployed using affected versions of the Instana Dynamic APM container may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
CVE-2020-35463- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-23135 No score
Version 1.0.0 of the Instana Dynamic APM Docker image contains a blank password for the root user. Systems deployed using affected versions of the Instana Dynamic APM container may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
EUVD-2020-23135- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-393j-8xcq-h729 No score
Version 1.0.0 of the Instana Dynamic APM Docker image contains a blank password for the root user...
Version 1.0.0 of the Instana Dynamic APM Docker image contains a blank password for the root user. Systems deployed using affected versions of the Instana Dynamic APM container may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- Record
GHSA-393j-8xcq-h729- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-35463 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Instana Dynamic Apm, published December 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.08%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.