Description
fishProtocol::establishConnection in fish/fish.cpp in KDE kio-extras through 20.04.0 makes a cacheAuthentication call even if the user had not set the keepPassword option. This may lead to unintended KWallet storage of a password.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://commits.kde.org/kio-extras/d813cef3cecdec9af1532a40d677a203ff979145
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
kde/kio-extras
< 20.04.0
Published
May 09, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026