CVE-2020-29575: Docker Elixir Alpine Docker Image

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Docker Elixir Alpine Docker Image: before 1.8.0 (fixed in 1.8.0)

Published 2020-12-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.