CVE-2019-18905
Deprecated functionality in autoyast2 automatically imports gpg keys without checking them
A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Deprecated functionality in autoyast2 automatically imports gpg keys without checking them
A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.
- Record
CVE-2019-18905- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8586
A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8586- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fp46-x6qh-pvgg No score
A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux...
A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.
- Record
GHSA-fp46-x6qh-pvgg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.
- Record
CVE-2019-18905- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0676-1 No score
Security update for autoyast2
This update for autoyast2 to version 4.1.15 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2019-18905: Removed all '--gpg-auto-import-keys' options from zypper commands (bsc#1140711).
Non-security issue fixed:
- Fix desktop files updating some icons and groups (bsc#1168123).
- Restored some missing icons (bsc#1168123, bsc#1109310 and bsc#1168281).
- Service for init scripts: Try to start 'network-online.target' before starting the autoyast init scripts in order to get a working network (bsc#1164105).
- Always re-probe storage after pre-scripts (bsc#1170082, bsc#1133045).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0676-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10642-1 No score
autoyast2-4.4.16-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the autoyast2-4.4.16-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10642-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1296-1 No score
Security update for autoyast2
This update for autoyast2 to version 4.1.15 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2019-18905: Removed all '--gpg-auto-import-keys' options from zypper commands (bsc#1140711).
Non-security issue fixed:
- Fix desktop files updating some icons and groups (bsc#1168123).
- Restored some missing icons (bsc#1168123, bsc#1109310 and bsc#1168281).
- Service for init scripts: Try to start 'network-online.target' before starting the autoyast init scripts in order to get a working network (bsc#1164105).
- Always re-probe storage after pre-scripts (bsc#1170082, bsc#1133045).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1296-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-18905 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Opensuse Autoyast2, published April 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in autoyast2 4.1.15-3.13.1.