CVE-2018-14345
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
Description
An issue was discovered in SDDM through 0.17.0. If configured with ReuseSession=true, the password is not checked for users with an already existing session. Any user with access to the system D-Bus can therefore unlock any graphical session. This is related to daemon/Display.cpp and helper/backend/PamBackend.cpp.
How to fix CVE-2018-14345
To remediate CVE-2018-14345, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/sddm—upgrade to 0.18.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-14345 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.18.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |