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low 3.3

CVE-2018-17956 json

Password exposed in process listing

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-9697

cvss
3.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In yast2-samba-provision up to and including version 1.0.1 the password for samba shares was provided on the command line to tools used by yast2-samba-provision, allowing local attackers to read them in the process list

Patch / fix

  • yast2-samba-provision SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 1.0.5-150400.9.3.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3199-1

  • yast2-samba-provision openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.5-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11535-1

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Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • SUSE yast2-samba-provision

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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