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● CVE — High

CVE-2018-20781

Vendorcanonical, gnome, oracleProductubuntu linux, gnome-keyring, zfs storage appliance kitDiscoveredFeb 12, 2019UpdatedNov 21, 2024

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.

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CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
1.54%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▲ 0.06pp
1.48% → 1.54% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Feb 12, 2019
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024