Deprecated functionality in autoyast2 automatically imports gpg keys without checking them

published 2020-04-03 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-8586

cvss: 4.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.

Patch / fix

distros 2

suse opensuse

autoyast2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 4.1.15-3.13.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1296-1

autoyast2 openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.1.15-lp151.2.12.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0676-1

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Classification

Weakness

CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00050.html
vendor-advisory
bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1140711
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-18905
NVD CVE-2019-18905

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Summary