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gnome-keyring — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19358

GNOME Keyring through 3.28.2 allows local users to retrieve login credentials via a Secret Service API call and the D-Bus interface if the keyring is unlocked, a similar issue to CVE-2008-7320. One perspective is that this occurs because available D-Bus protection mechanisms (involving the busconfig and policy XML elements) are not used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because, according to the security model, untrusted applications must not be allowed to access the user's session bus socket.

Products
gnome-keyring
Affected versions
42.1-1, 42.1-2, 46.1-1, 46.1-2, 46.2-1, 48.0-1, 48.0-2, 48.0-3, 48.0-4, 48.0-5, 48~beta-1, 48~beta-2, 48~beta-3, 50.0-1, 51.0-1, 51.0-2, 51.0-3, 51.1-1, 51.1-2, 51.1-3
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2018-19358
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19358

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Nov 2018, 19:29 UTC

GNOME Keyring through 3.28.2 allows local users to retrieve login credentials via a Secret Service API call and the D-Bus interface if the keyring is unlocked, a similar issue to CVE-2008-7320. One perspective is that this occurs because available D-Bus protection mechanisms (involving the busconfig and policy XML elements) are not used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because, according to the security model, untrusted applications must not be allowed to access the user's session bus socket.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19358

gnome-keyring

Fixed versions: Not specified

gnome-keyring

Fixed versions: Not specified

gnome-keyring

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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