CVE-2018-16837

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-10-23
CWE:
CWE-214
Bugzilla:
1640642: CVE-2018-16837 Ansible: Information leak in "user" module

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-16837 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Markus Teufelberger (mgIT Consulting) for reporting this issue.

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