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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-15115

etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10 does not perform any password length validation, which allows for very short passwords, such as those with a length of one. This may allow an attacker to guess or brute-force users' passwords with little computational effort.

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CVE-2020-15115
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31 Oct 2026, 10:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-15115

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Aug 2020, 22:15 UTC

etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10 does not perform any password length validation, which allows for very short passwords, such as those with a length of one. This may allow an attacker to guess or brute-force users' passwords with little computational effort.

osv:CVE-2020-15115
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15115",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-15115",
    "summary": "etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10 does not perform any password length validation, which allows for very short passwords, such as those with a length of one. This may allow an attacker to guess or brute-force users' passwords with little computational effort.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-15115",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-4993-m7g5-r9hh"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
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              "type": "GIT",
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            "v3.3.3",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:51.999209512Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L6B6R43Y7M3DCHWK3L3UVGE2K6WWECMP/",
        "https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-4993-m7g5-r9hh"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383043,
  "published_at": "2020-08-06T22:15:12.093+00:00"
}