vantage6 is an open-source infrastructure for privacy preserving analysis. Versions prior to 5.0.0 provide an initial user with username `root` and password `root`. This is not ideal because attackers know that almost all vantage6 servers have a user with username `root` that probably has admin rights, and the initial password is very weak and it is possible that administrators forget to reset it. Version 5.0.0 fixes the issue. As a workaround, it is possible to delete the `root` user after it has been used to create other users.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-fgmc-2hqj-86v4 | Vantage6: Set admin user and password from environment or configuration |
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| Description | vantage6 is an open-source infrastructure for privacy preserving analysis. Versions prior to 5.0.0 provide an initial user with username `root` and password `root`. This is not ideal because attackers know that almost all vantage6 servers have a user with username `root` that probably has admin rights, and the initial password is very weak and it is possible that administrators forget to reset it. Version 5.0.0 fixes the issue. As a workaround, it is possible to delete the `root` user after it has been used to create other users. | |
| Title | Vantage6: Set admin user and password from environment or configuration | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1393 CWE-204 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-18T15:49:54.097Z
Reserved: 2026-06-15T15:30:40.317Z
Link: CVE-2026-54445
Updated: 2026-06-18T15:49:50.541Z
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-18T21:00:13Z
Github GHSA