CVE-2018-20781
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.5%
Description
In pam/gkr-pam-module.c in GNOME Keyring before 3.27.2, the user's password is kept in a session-child process spawned from the LightDM daemon. This can expose the credential in cleartext.
How to fix CVE-2018-20781
To remediate CVE-2018-20781, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gnome-keyring—upgrade to 3.28.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-20781 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.28.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |