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CVE-2018-20105: yast2-rmt exposes CA private key passhrase in log-file

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

A Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files vulnerability in yast2-rmt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Leap allows local attackers to learn the password if they can access the log file. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 yast2-rmt versions prior to 1.2.2. openSUSE Leap yast2-rmt versions prior to 1.2.2.

Affected products

• openSUSE Leap: 15.0
• SUSE Linux Enterprise: 15
• Yast2-Rmt Project Yast2-Rmt: before 1.2.2 — fixed in 1.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Yast2-Rmt Project Yast2-Rmt 1.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00035.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00015.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119835
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00035.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00015.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119835

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