CVE-2018-16837
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Oct 23, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2018
Description
Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen. This could lean in undesirable situations such as passphrases credentials passed as a parameter for the ssh-keygen executable. Showing those credentials in clear text form for every user which have access just to the process list.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Ansible[UNKNOWN] |
|
References
- RHSA-2018:3460vendor-advisory
- 105700vdb-entry
- RHSA-2018:3462vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3505vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837
- RHSA-2018:3463vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181112 [SECURITY] [DLA 1576-1] ansible security updatemailing-list
- RHSA-2018:3461vendor-advisory
- DSA-4396vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1125vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1635vendor-advisory
- USN-4072-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1858vendor-advisory
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