CVE-2018-6790
N/A
Published: February 7, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPlasma Workspace
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 5.12.0
Affected range stops below 5.12.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107c
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938
- https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188
- https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.php
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107cx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.phpQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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