CVE-2018-16837

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 23, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxAnsible TowerPackage Hub

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
suse-linux-enterprise (environment)
All versions

CVSS

7.8HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-214CWE-311

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