CVE-2020-14391

MEDIUM

GNOME Control Center - Insufficiently Protected Credentials via System Registration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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