CVE-2020-14391

A flaw was found in the GNOME Control Center in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 versions prior to 8.2, where it improperly uses Red Hat Customer Portal credentials when a user registers a system through the GNOME Settings User Interface. This flaw allows a local attacker to discover the Red Hat Customer Portal password. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Published: 2021-02-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-14391 is rated Low Risk (30.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14391

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.17% 0.32% +0.15%
2 2026-03-04 0.09% 0.17% +0.07%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (40 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-14391

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-14391

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-14391

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2020-14391 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gnome-settings-daemon), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14391
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14391
ubuntu negligible CVE-2020-14391 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gnome-settings-daemon), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, focal, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 4, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14391

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-14391

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome control_center — cpe:2.3:a:gnome:control_center:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-14391

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1873093 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence