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CVE-2019-18905: Deprecated functionality in autoyast2 automatically imports gpg keys without checking them

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-345

Description

A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.

Affected products

• openSUSE Autoyast2: through 4.1.9-3.9.1; through 4.0.70-3.20.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00050.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140711
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00050.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140711

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