CVE-2016-1601

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

yast2-users before 3.1.47, as used in SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1, does not properly set empty password fields in /etc/shadow during an AutoYaST installation when the profile does not contain inst-sys users, which might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-255

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 26, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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