CVE-2020-29578
The official piwik Docker images before fpm-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for...
The official piwik Docker images before fpm-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Piwik Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access.
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 piwik Docker images before fpm-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Piwik Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access.
- Record
CVE-2020-29578- 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 piwik Docker images before fpm-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Piwik Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access.
- Record
CVE-2020-29578- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21940 No score
The official piwik Docker images before fpm-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Piwik Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21940- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h496-jfcc-fq24 No score
The official piwik Docker images before fpm-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for...
The official piwik Docker images before fpm-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Piwik Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access.
- Record
GHSA-h496-jfcc-fq24- 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-2020-29578 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Matomo Piwik Fpm-alpine Docker Image, published December 8, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.27%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.