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PYSEC-2018-44
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2018-10-23 15:29 - Updated: 2021-07-02 02:41
VLAI
Details
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.
Impacted products
| Name | purl | ansible | pkg:pypi/ansible |
|---|
Aliases
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "ansible",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/ansible"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.7"
},
{
"fixed": "2.7.1"
},
{
"introduced": "2.6"
},
{
"fixed": "2.6.7"
},
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.5.11"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
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"1.1",
"1.2",
"1.2.1",
"1.2.2",
"1.2.3",
"1.3.0",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.2",
"1.3.3",
"1.3.4",
"1.4",
"1.4.1",
"1.4.2",
"1.4.3",
"1.4.4",
"1.4.5",
"1.5",
"1.5.1",
"1.5.2",
"1.5.3",
"1.5.4",
"1.5.5",
"1.6",
"1.6.1",
"1.6.10",
"1.6.2",
"1.6.3",
"1.6.4",
"1.6.5",
"1.6.6",
"1.6.7",
"1.6.8",
"1.6.9",
"1.7",
"1.7.1",
"1.7.2",
"1.8",
"1.8.1",
"1.8.2",
"1.8.3",
"1.8.4",
"1.9.0",
"1.9.0.1",
"1.9.1",
"1.9.2",
"1.9.3",
"1.9.4",
"1.9.5",
"1.9.6",
"2.0.0",
"2.0.0.0",
"2.0.0.1",
"2.0.0.2",
"2.0.1.0",
"2.0.2.0",
"2.1.0.0",
"2.1.1.0",
"2.1.2.0",
"2.1.3.0",
"2.1.4.0",
"2.1.5.0",
"2.1.6.0",
"2.2.0.0",
"2.2.1.0",
"2.2.2.0",
"2.2.3.0",
"2.3.0.0",
"2.3.1.0",
"2.3.2.0",
"2.3.3.0",
"2.4.0.0",
"2.4.1.0",
"2.4.2.0",
"2.4.3.0",
"2.4.4.0",
"2.4.5.0",
"2.4.6.0",
"2.5.0",
"2.5.0a1",
"2.5.0b1",
"2.5.0b2",
"2.5.0rc1",
"2.5.0rc2",
"2.5.0rc3",
"2.5.1",
"2.5.10",
"2.5.2",
"2.5.3",
"2.5.4",
"2.5.5",
"2.5.6",
"2.5.7",
"2.5.8",
"2.5.9",
"2.6.0",
"2.6.1",
"2.6.2",
"2.6.3",
"2.6.4",
"2.6.5",
"2.6.6",
"2.7.0"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-16837",
"GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4"
],
"details": "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.",
"id": "PYSEC-2018-44",
"modified": "2021-07-02T02:41:34.271290Z",
"published": "2018-10-23T15:29:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4"
}
]
}
BREW-ANSIBLE-CVE-2018-16837 (CVE-2018-16837)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-10 18:51 – Source website
VLAI
Details
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "2.7.1"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "14.3.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "git",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "GIT",
"key": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
"name": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
"strategy": "git",
"subject_version": "14.4.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@14.4.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "14.4.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "GIT",
"key": "upstream:https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
"name": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "14.4.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@14.4.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "14.4.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
"key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-ansible-CVE-2018-16837",
"modified": "2026-09-10T18:51:05Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2018-16837",
"GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4",
"PYSEC-2018-44"
]
}
BREW-ANSIBLE@10-CVE-2018-16837 (GHSA-HWRM-63V2-42G4)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen
Details
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.
Severity
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "2.7.1"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible@10",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible%4010"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "10.7.0_6"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@10.7.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "10.7.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@10.7.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "10.7.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
"key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-ansible@10-CVE-2018-16837",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:41:05Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47487"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47486"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47445"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47436"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77928e6c3a2ad878b20312ce5d74d9d7741e0df0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/b618339c321c387230d3ea523e80ad47af3de5cf"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f50cc0b8cb399bb7b7c1ad23b94c9404f0cc6d23"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227105539/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-44.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/c963ef1dfbf73efea5106624eb48b346f01eaefd/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst?plain=1#L138"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4",
"CVE-2018-16837",
"PYSEC-2018-44"
]
}
BREW-ANSIBLE@12-CVE-2018-16837 (GHSA-HWRM-63V2-42G4)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen
Details
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.
Severity
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "2.7.1"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible@12",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible%4012"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "12.3.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@12.3.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "12.3.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@12.3.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "12.3.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
"key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-ansible@12-CVE-2018-16837",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:41:06Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47487"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47486"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47445"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47436"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77928e6c3a2ad878b20312ce5d74d9d7741e0df0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/b618339c321c387230d3ea523e80ad47af3de5cf"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f50cc0b8cb399bb7b7c1ad23b94c9404f0cc6d23"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227105539/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-44.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/c963ef1dfbf73efea5106624eb48b346f01eaefd/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst?plain=1#L138"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460"
},
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BREW-ANSIBLE@13-CVE-2018-16837 (GHSA-HWRM-63V2-42G4)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-10 18:51 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen
Details
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.
Severity
References
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BREW-ANSIBLE@9-CVE-2018-16837 (GHSA-HWRM-63V2-42G4)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen
Details
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.
Severity
References
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CVE-2018-16837 (GCVE-0-2018-16837)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-23 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
13 references
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|---|---|
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
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GHSA-HWRM-63V2-42G4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:50 – Updated: 2024-09-04 19:27
VLAI
Summary
Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen
Details
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.
Severity
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{
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"modified": "2024-09-04T19:27:47Z",
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
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}
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