CVE-2018-20781

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

1%p72

Published

Feb 12, 2019 (Feb 12, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: gnome canonical oracle
Products: gnome keyring, ubuntu linux, zfs storage appliance kit
Weakness: CWE-522
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.5%)

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