The official elixir Docker images before 1.8.0-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user.

published 2020-12-08 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-21937

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.9%; EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits: 0; none known

The official elixir Docker images before 1.8.0-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the elixir Linux Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

docker elixir_alpine_docker_image 1.8.0

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Exploit prediction

2.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

github.com /koharin/koharin2/blob/main/CVE-2020-29575
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-29575
NVD CVE-2020-29575

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