CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe vulnerability affects Debian installations using Chew, Kean Ho's Actualizer v1.2.0 and earlier, where a fail-open password validation flaw allows for the generation of empty password hashes for the root and alpha user accounts. This can lead to potential passwordless authentication, posing a significant security risk if the authentication configuration permits it. Organizations utilizing these versions of Actualizer should prioritize remediation to prevent unauthorized access to their systems.
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Original NVD Description
(Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's Actualizer v1.2.0 and earlier contains a fail-open password validation vulnerability in the Alpha user and root user password loops of Shell/debian-minbase-install.sh. The installer invokes mkpasswd to generate yescrypt password hashes but does not check the command's return value and unconditionally accepts the result. If mkpasswd fails to generate a yescrypt hash, for example because an incompatible mkpasswd implementation or an environment without yescrypt support is used, the resulting password hash variable can be empty and the build proceeds. The resulting image can therefore contain empty password fields for the root and alpha accounts, potentially permitting passwordless authentication depending on the authentication configuration.