CVSS 3.0
8.4 highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-6340
The kickstart file in Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) forces use of MD5 passwords on deployed systems, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-254
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- redhat:quickstart_cloud_installer