CVE-2020-8631

lowpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.43% (38th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

16 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedcloud-init-0:19.4-11.el8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4650
Fixedcloud-init-0:19.4-11.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4650

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.1–8.1

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-330USprimaryCWE-330US

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Servicesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_application_enablement_services:-
Avaya Aura Communication Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:communication_manager:-
Avaya Aura Experience Portalall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_experience_portal:-
Avaya Aura Session Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:session_manager:-
Avaya Aura System Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_system_manager:-
Avaya Web License Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:web_license_manager:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical cloud-init≤ 19.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap= 15.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloud-init-0:19.4-11.el8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
cloud-init-0:19.4-11.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2020:4650Red Hat Security Advisory: cloud-init security, bug fix, and enhancement update2020-11-04csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for cloud-init is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2026-0012Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-09-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um dadurch die Integrität, Vertraulichkeit und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-02-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (22)

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