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high 7.8

CVE-2023-32184 json

A Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in openSUSE opensuse-welcome allows local attackers to execute code as the user t…

published 2023-09-19 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36452

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in openSUSE opensuse-welcome allows local attackers to execute code as the user that runs opensuse-welcome if a custom layout is chosen This issue affects opensuse-welcome: from 0.1 before 0.1.9+git.35.4b9444a.

Patch / fix

  • openSUSE opensuse-welcome 0.1.9+git.35.4b9444a
  • opensuse-welcome Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.1.9+git.0.66be0d8-bp154.2.6.1
  • opensuse-welcome Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 0.1.9+git.35.4b9444a-bp155.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2023:0230-1openSUSE-SU-2023:0219-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32184 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • openSUSE opensuse-welcome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-922 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.