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seahorse — security advisory
GNOME Seahorse through 3.30 allows physically proximate attackers to read plaintext passwords by using the quickAllow dialog at an unattended workstation, if the keyring is unlocked. NOTE: this is disputed by a software maintainer because the behavior represents a design decision
- Products
- seahorse
- Affected versions
- 43.0-1, 43.0-2, 43.0-3, 43.0-4, 47.0.1-1, 47.0.1-2, 47.0.1-3, 47.0.1-4
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-7320
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GNOME Seahorse through 3.30 allows physically proximate attackers to read plaintext passwords by using the quickAllow dialog at an unattended workstation, if the keyring is unlocked. NOTE: this is disputed by a software maintainer because the behavior represents a design decision
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-7320
seahorse
Fixed versions: Not specified
seahorse
Fixed versions: Not specified
seahorse
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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