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.
Published: 2019-02-12
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 4.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-13324 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3894-1 GNOME Keyring vulnerability
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.05065}

epss

{'score': 0.06715}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Gnome Gnome Keyring
Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:28.478Z

Reserved: 2019-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20781

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-02-12T17:29:00.243

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:02:09.617

Link: CVE-2018-20781

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20781 - Bugzilla

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