### [CVE-2018-20781](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20781)
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### Description

In pam/gkr-pam-module.c in GNOME Keyring before 3.27.2, the user's password is kept in a session-child process spawned from the LightDM daemon. This can expose the credential in cleartext.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin