Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguinThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792daThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguinThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792daThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 12, 2019
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified