5.5

CVE-2020-14391: gnome control_center Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2021:0266
Published 08-02-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-14391 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in gnome control_center. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2020:4451

Timeline

  1. 08-02-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

23%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.32% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
  • gnome-settings-daemon< 0:3.32.0-9.el8_2.1
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo< 0:3.32.0-9.el8_2.1
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debugsource< 0:3.32.0-9.el8_2.1
Gnome1 product

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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