CVE-2020-14391
MEDIUMGNOME Control Center - Insufficiently Protected Credentials via System Registration
Title source: llmDescription
A flaw was found in the GNOME Control Center in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 versions prior to 8.2, where it improperly uses Red Hat Customer Portal credentials when a user registers a system through the GNOME Settings User Interface. This flaw allows a local attacker to discover the Red Hat Customer Portal password. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1873093
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
37.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-522
Status
published
Products (1)
gnome/control_center
Published
Feb 08, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026