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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | debian-upgrade-gnome-keyring | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 12, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-gnome-keyringhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-gnome-keyring-pam | Feb 22, 2021 | Feb 12, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-gnome-keyringhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-gnome-keyring-pam | Jan 20, 2021 | Feb 12, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-gnome-keyringhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-gnome-keyring-pam | Nov 2, 2020 | Feb 12, 2019 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-gnome-gnome-keyring-3-34-0-11-4-27-0-1-82-0oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-gnome-gcr-3-33-4-11-4-27-0-1-82-0 | Jan 19, 2021 | Feb 12, 2019 | |
| Redhat_linux | — | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 12, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-gnome-keyringubuntu-upgrade-libpam-gnome-keyring | Mar 6, 2019 | Feb 12, 2019 |
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