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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-29581

Systems using the spiped docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.27%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The official spiped docker images before 1.5-alpine contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the spiped docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.27% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
docker/spiped alpine docker image
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.27%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.