What is CVE-2018-20105?

CVE-2018-20105 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yast2-Rmt Project, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2020-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-20105?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Yast2-Rmt Project

CVE-2018-20105

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.

Published 2020-01-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Yast2-Rmt Project
openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, yast2-rmt
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 — versions yast2-rmt

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00035.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20105?: CVE-2018-20105 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yast2-Rmt Project, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2020-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-20105?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.