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CVE-2026-54445 — Vantage6: Set admin user and password from environment or configuration

Affected: vantage6

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…

GHSA-fgmc-2hqj-86v4 — Vantage6: Set admin user and password from environment or configuration

Affected: PyPI: vantage6

### Impact Vantage6 currently provides an initial user with username `root` and password `root`. This is not ideal for the following reasons: - Attackers know that almost all vantage6 servers have a user with username `root` that probably has admin rights - The initial password is very weak and it is possible that administrators forget to reset it.

### Patches No

### Workarounds It is possible to delete the `root` user after it ha…