CVE-2008-5188: Ecryptfs Utils

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) ecryptfs-setup-private, (2) ecryptfs-setup-confidential, and (3) ecryptfs-setup-pam-wrapped.sh scripts in ecryptfs-utils 45 through 61 in eCryptfs place cleartext passwords on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Affected products

• Ecryptfs Ecryptfs Utils: version 45 only; version 46 only; version 47 only; version 48 only; version 49 only; version 50 only; …

Published 2008-11-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.