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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-1842 · published 10 April 2015

CVE-2015-1842: Redhat openstack vulnerability

Redhat · Openstack

The puppet manifests in the Red Hat openstack-puppet-modules package before 2014.2.13-2 uses a default password of CHANGEME for the pcsd daemon, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.2% · top 7.8% CWE-255 · CWE-255
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
5.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The puppet manifests in the Red Hat openstack-puppet-modules package before 2014.2.13-2 uses a default password of CHANGEME for the pcsd daemon, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0789.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0791.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0830.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0831.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0832.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74049
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201875
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0789.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0791.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0830.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0831.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0832.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74049
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201875

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-1842), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.