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medium 5.5

CVE-2020-14391 json

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…

published 2021-02-08 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-6530

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • LibRaw RHEL 8 0.19.5-2.el8
  • webkit2gtk3 RHEL 8 2.28.4-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc RHEL 8 2.28.4-1.el8
  • gnome-settings-daemon RHEL 8 3.32.0-11.el8
  • gnome-settings-daemon RHEL 8.2 EUS 3.32.0-9.el8_2.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:0266RHSA-2020:4451

  • gvfs AlmaLinux 8 1.36.2-10.el8
  • vte291 AlmaLinux 8 0.52.4-2.el8
  • libsoup AlmaLinux 8 2.62.3-2.el8
  • potrace AlmaLinux 8 1.15-3.el8
  • tracker AlmaLinux 8 2.1.5-2.el8
  • nautilus AlmaLinux 8 3.28.1-14.el8
  • pipewire AlmaLinux 8 0.3.6-1.el8
  • PackageKit AlmaLinux 8 1.1.12-6.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:4451

  • gtk3 Rocky Linux 8 3.22.30-6.el8
  • LibRaw Rocky Linux 8 0.19.5-2.el8
  • vte291 Rocky Linux 8 0.52.4-2.el8
  • libsoup Rocky Linux 8 2.62.3-2.el8
  • potrace Rocky Linux 8 1.15-3.el8
  • tracker Rocky Linux 8 2.1.5-2.el8
  • pipewire Rocky Linux 8 0.3.6-1.el8
  • PackageKit Rocky Linux 8 1.1.12-6.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4451

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-14391 updated cvss 5.0

gnome-settings-daemon: Red Hat Customer Portal password logged and passed as command line argument when user registers through GNOME control center

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gnome-settings-daemon 3.32.0-11.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “Use `subscription-manager` directly from the terminal and do not use the `--password` flag.” RHSA-2020:4451
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) gnome-settings-daemon 3.32.0-9.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Use `subscription-manager` directly from the terminal and do not use the `--password` flag.” RHSA-2021:0266
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) gvfs 1.36.2-10.el8, nautilus 3.28.1-14.el8, frei0r-plugins 1.6.1-7.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gnome-settings-daemon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gnome-settings-daemon Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gdm 3.28.3-34.el8, gtk3 3.22.30-6.el8, gvfs 1.36.2-10.el8, potrace 1.15-3.el8, LibRaw 0.19.5-2.el8, tracker 2.1.5-2.el8, +73 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) libsoup 2.62.3-2.el8, pygobject3 3.28.3-2.el8, python3-gobject-base 3.28.3-2.el8, gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.32.0-5.el8
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a gnome-settings-daemon

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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