CVE-2020-12755 Information disclosure in n/a
KDE kio-extras may unintentionally store passwords in KWallet even when the user has not enabled password keeping, leading to potential credential exposure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-12755?
CVE-2020-12755 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
fishProtocol::establishConnection in fish/fish.cpp in KDE kio-extras through 20.04.0 makes a cacheAuthentication call even if the user had not set the keepPassword option. This may lead to unintended KWallet storage of a password.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12755?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kde Kio-Extras.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12755?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2020-12755 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12755 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12755, GHSA-6qhj-5898-8677, MGASA-2020-0371, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12755.