CVE-2018-20105
yast2-rmt exposes CA private key passhrase in log-file
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
A Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files vulnerability in yast2-rmt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Leap allows local attackers to learn the password if they can access the log file. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 yast2-rmt versions prior to 1.2.2. openSUSE Leap yast2-rmt versions prior to 1.2.2.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microfocus
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
- affected yast2-rmt – < 1.2.2
- affected yast2-rmt – < 1.2.2
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119835 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0253 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0320 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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