[Bug 1832309] Re: netplan stores wifi-password world-readable

[Rolf Leggewie]

a security issue with medium importance not fixed for almost 2 years?

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Title:
  netplan stores wifi-password world-readable

Status in netcfg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in netplan.io package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in netcfg source package in Eoan:
  Won't Fix
Status in netplan.io source package in Eoan:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 293 Apr 11  2018 /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml

  above file stores the wifi password in plain text!

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