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CVE-2008-7320

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

GNOME Seahorse through 3.30 allows physically proximate attackers to read plaintext passwords by using the quickAllow dialog at an unattended workstation, if the keyring is unlocked. NOTE: this is disputed by a software maintainer because the behavior represents a design decision

Affected products

• GNOME Seahorse: through 3.30

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774/comments/13
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551036
• https://www.bountysource.com/issues/3849352-seahorse-shows-passwords-without-verification
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774/comments/13
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551036
• https://www.bountysource.com/issues/3849352-seahorse-shows-passwords-without-verification

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