# CVE-2020-1769: Autocomplete in the form login screens

> Autocomplete enabled on login fields may expose credentials to local attackers or shoulder surfers in OTRS.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1769, GHSA-xfh6-pvv6-h7qg, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1769

## What is CVE-2020-1769?

CVE-2020-1769 is a low-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Backports Sle, published on 27 Mar 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In the login screens (in agent and customer interface), Username and Password fields use autocomplete, which might be considered as security issue. This issue affects: ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 5.0.41 and prior versions, 6.0.26 and prior versions. OTRS: 7.0.15 and prior versions.

Weakness: CWE-16

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1769?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap, Otrs Otrs.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-1769?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-1769 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1769 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Backports Sle

- [CVE-2020-12641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12641/): Roundcube Webmail Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-12640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12640/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-8233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8233/): Command injection in EdgeSwitch firmware v1.9.0 and prior (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-8026](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8026/): inn: non-root owned files (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2020-15229](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15229/): Path traversal and files overwrite with unsquashfs (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-1769 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-1769 is a low-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Backports Sle, published on 27 Mar 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1769 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Backports Sle. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1769/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1769/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1769
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1769
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1769

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1769/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.