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CVE-2023-32184

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-09-19
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 0.1.9 or later.
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81/100
Remediation priority · High
Public exploit No privileges Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in openSUSE opensuse-welcome allows local attackers to execute code as the user that runs opensuse-welcome if a custom layout is chosen This issue affects opensuse-welcome: from 0.1 before 0.1.9+git.35.4b9444a.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
WelcomeApplication
Affected:>= 0.1.0, < 0.1.9\+git.35.4b9444a

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 0.1.9 or later
Fixed in 0.1.9
Vendor patch bugzilla.suse.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

0.1.9+git.35.4b9444a or later

  1. Check current installed version of opensuse-welcome (e.g., rpm -q opensuse-welcome or zypper info opensuse-welcome)
  2. Update opensuse-welcome to version 0.1.9+git.35.4b9444a or later using your package manager (e.g., zypper update opensuse-welcome or zypper in opensuse-welcome)
  3. Verify the updated version matches or exceeds 0.1.9+git.35.4b9444a

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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