CVE-2020-29576: Eggheads Eggdrop Docker Image

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The official eggdrop Docker images before 1.8.4rc2 contain a blank password for a root user. Systems using the Eggdrop Docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

Affected products

• Eggheads Eggdrop Docker Image: version 1.6 only; version 1.6.21 only; version 1.8.0 only; version 1.8.1 only; version 1.8.2 only; version 1.8.3 only; …

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