{"id":"CVE-2018-20106","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-20106","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:32.649Z","title":"If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root.","description":"In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.","published":"2019-03-15T20:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:52:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@opentext.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78","CWE-20"],"affected":["opensuse/yast2-printer"],"epss":{"score":0.01023,"percentile":0.63321,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114853","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114853","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20106","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}