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CVE-2017-8296

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

kedpm 0.5 and 1.0 creates a history file in ~/.kedpm/history that is written in cleartext. All of the commands performed in the password manager are written there. This can lead to the disclosure of the master password if the "password" command is used with an argument. The names of the password entries created and consulted are also accessible in cleartext.

Affected products

• Ked Password Manager Project Ked Password Manager: 0.5, 1.0

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/9
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860817
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-04
• https://sourceforge.net/p/kedpm/bugs/6/
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/9
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860817
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-04
• https://sourceforge.net/p/kedpm/bugs/6/

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