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TI-2001-00371 Aliases CVE-2001-0378GHSA-3q58-x954-3hw4

readline prior to 4.1, in OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier, creates history files with insecure…

Priority LOW 11Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

readline prior to 4.1, in OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier, creates history files with insecure permissions, which allows a local attacker to recover potentially sensitive information via readline history files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00309 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.8VulnerableOpenBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.8 Vulnerable ·OpenBSD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0378
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3q58-x954-3hw4

References

Other 1

  • TI-2002-00376 Integer overflow in xdr_array function in RPC servers for operating systems that use… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2003-00437 Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2007-05153 Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2001-00539 Buffer overflow in BSD-based telnetd telnet daemon on various operating systems allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2026-40218 sppp_pap_input in sys/net/if_spppsubr.c in OpenBSD before 076e2b1 allows authentication… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2004-00444 Heap-based buffer overflow in proxy_util.c for mod_proxy in Apache 1.3.25 to 1.3.31… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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