CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-14391

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-02-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-02-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-522

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.

Affected configurations

• gnome control center

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness

References