CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-9276

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2025-09-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-09-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-258

Description

Cockroach Labs cockroach-k8s-request-cert Empty Root Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on systems that use the affected version of the Cockroach Labs cockroach-k8s-request-cert container image. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of the system shadow file. The issue results from a blank password setting for the root user. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-22195.

Affected configurations

• cockroachlabs cockroach-k8s-request-cert

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-258 Empty Password in Configuration File weakness

References