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TI-2020-10141 Aliases CVE-2020-12755GHSA-6qhj-5898-8677

fishProtocol::establishConnection in fish/fish.cpp in KDE kio-extras through 20.04.0…

Priority LOW 16Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

fishProtocol::establishConnection in fish/fish.cpp in KDE kio-extras through 20.04.0 makes a cacheAuthentication call even if the user had not set the keepPassword option. This may lead to unintended KWallet storage of a password.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00371 31st 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:a:kde:kio-extras:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 20.04.0VulnerableKDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kio-extras:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 20.04.0 Vulnerable ·KDE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12755
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6qhj-5898-8677

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2014-07064 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KDE-Runtime 4.14.3 and earlier… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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