CVE-2013-2069: Red Hat Livecd-Tools

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Red Hat livecd-tools before 13.4.4, 17.x before 17.17, 18.x before 18.16, and 19.x before 19.3, when a rootpw directive is not set in a Kickstart file, sets the root user password to empty, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Red Hat Livecd-Tools: before 13.4.4 (fixed in 13.4.4); from 17.0, before 17.17 (fixed in 17.17); from 18.0, before 18.16 (fixed in 18.16); from 19.0, before 19.3 (fixed in 19.3)

Published 2013-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.