CVE-2018-6790

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.

Affected products

KDE Plasma Workspace: before 5.12.0 — fixed in 5.12.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: KDE Plasma Workspace 5.12.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107c
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938
https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188
https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.php
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107c
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938
https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188
https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.php

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