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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-35192

The official vault docker images before 0.11.6 contain a blank password for a root user. System using the vault docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

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CVE-2020-35192
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1 Nov 2026, 07:27 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-35192

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Dec 2020, 02:15 UTC

The official vault docker images before 0.11.6 contain a blank password for a root user. System using the vault docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

osv:CVE-2020-35192
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35192",
  "method": "structured",
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    "title": "CVE-2020-35192",
    "summary": "The official vault docker images before 0.11.6 contain a blank password for a root user. System using the vault docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-35192",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:53.573182396Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/koharin/koharin2/blob/main/CVE-2020-35192"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437956,
  "published_at": "2020-12-17T02:15:13.177+00:00"
}