CVE-2018-20839: Netapp CN1610 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This occurs because the KDGKBMODE (aka current keyboard mode) check is mishandled.

Affected products

• Netapp CN1610 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp Snapprotect: affected versions not specified
• Netapp Solidfire & Hci Management Node: affected versions not specified
• Systemd Project Systemd: version 242 only

Published 2019-05-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.