CVE-2020-35187: Influxdata Telegraf

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The official telegraf docker images before 1.9.4-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the telegraf 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

• Influxdata Telegraf: from 0.13.0-alpine, before 1.9.4-alpine (fixed in 1.9.4-alpine)

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