CVE-2016-5746

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CVSS 3.0

5.1 medium

EPSS

<1%p41

Published

Sep 26, 2016 (Sep 26, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf.

Vendors: opensuse yast
Products: libstorage, libstorage-ng, yast-storage, leap
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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