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CVE-2020-14391

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CVE-2020-14391

Published: Feb 8, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

gnome-settings-daemon

affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 versions prior to 8.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

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