CVE-2016-1601

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

2%p83

Published

Apr 26, 2016 (Apr 26, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

yast2-users before 3.1.47, as used in SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1, does not properly set empty password fields in /etc/shadow during an AutoYaST installation when the profile does not contain inst-sys users, which might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Vendors: suse
Products: yast2
Weakness: CWE-255
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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