CVE-2019-5021

Published May 8, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 6.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
Versions of the Official Alpine Linux Docker images (since v3.3) contain a NULL password for the `root` user. This vulnerability appears to be the result of a regression introduced in December of 2015. Due to the nature of this issue, systems deployed using affected versions of the Alpine Linux container which utilize Linux PAM, or some other mechanism which uses the system shadow file as an authentication database, may accept a NULL password for the `root` user.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-14628 Versions of the Official Alpine Linux Docker images (since v3.3) contain a NULL password for the `root` user. This vulnerability appears to be the result of a regression introduced in December of 2015. Due to the nature of this issue, systems deployed using affected versions of the Alpine Linux container which utilize Linux PAM, or some other mechanism which uses the system shadow file as an authentication database, may accept a NULL password for the `root` user.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 7:40 PM
Reserved
Jan 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 8, 2019, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:37 AM