CVE-2020-8631

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p37

Published

Feb 5, 2020 (Feb 5, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

cloud-init through 19.4 relies on Mersenne Twister for a random password, which makes it easier for attackers to predict passwords, because rand_str in cloudinit/util.py calls the random.choice function.

Vendors: canonical opensuse debian
Products: cloud-init, leap, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-330
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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