CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-16837

7.8 HIGH Published 2018-10-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-10-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-214, CWE-311

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.

Affected configurations

• redhat ansible engine 2.0 • redhat ansible engine 2.5 • redhat ansible engine 2.6 • redhat ansible engine 2.7 • redhat ansible tower 3.3.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • suse package hub

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-214 Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information weakness
  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness

References