CVE-2018-12356

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

An issue was discovered in password-store.sh in pass in Simple Password Store 1.7.x before 1.7.2. The signature verification routine parses the output of GnuPG with an incomplete regular expression, which allows remote attackers to spoof file signatures on configuration files and extension scripts. Modifying the configuration file allows the attacker to inject additional encryption keys under their control, thereby disclosing passwords to the attacker. Modifying the extension scripts allows the attacker arbitrary code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12356

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12356.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201806-11

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201806-14

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed61.0-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.7.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.7.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.7.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1.7.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.7.2-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.