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    CVE-2019-5021: Official Alpine Linux Docker images have NULL for root password ☶ security cve.mitre.org
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Versions of the Official Alpine Linux Docker images (since v3.3) contain a NULL password for the root user. This vulnerability appears to be the result of a regression introduced in December of 2015. Due to the nature of this issue, systems deployed using affected versions of the Alpine Linux container which utilize Linux PAM, or some other mechanism which uses the system shadow file as an authentication database, may accept a NULL password for the root user.

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      southerntofu avatar southerntofu 4 years ago | link

      That’s really sad but how are to rely on containerization tools if most official images introduce new security problems? Traditional distros seem to have higher security standards.