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Medium · 6.9 CVE-2026-54445 EUVD-2026-37824GHSA-fgmc-2hqj-86v4PYSEC-2026-3400

Vantage6: Set admin user and password from environment or configuration

Published Jun 17, 2026 · Updated Jun 18, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
vantage6 vantage6 < 5.0.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI vantage6 < 5.0.0 5.0.0 GHSA-fgmc-2hqj-86v4

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