CVE-2020-8632: Canonical Cloud-Init

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords.

Affected products

• Canonical Cloud-Init: up to and including 19.4
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.1 only

Published 2020-02-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.