CVE-2020-35184: Docker Composer Docker Image

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

The official composer docker images before 1.8.3 contain a blank password for a root user. System using the composer 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 Composer Docker Image: before 1.8.3 (fixed in 1.8.3)

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