CVE-2018-16837 – ansible

Package

Manager: pip
Name: ansible
Vulnerable Version: >=2.7.0a1 <2.7.1 || >=2.6.0a1 <2.6.7 || >=0 <2.5.11

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4.0: 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

EPSS: 0.00041 pctl0.11622

Details

Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen 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.

Metadata

Created: 2022-05-13T01:50:27Z
Modified: 2024-09-04T19:27:47Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4/GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-311"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4
Finding: F020
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