ALPINE-CVE-2018-16837

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16837
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-16837.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2018-16837
Upstream
Published
2018-10-23T15:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-19T11:17:56Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.8 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.11-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-16837.json"

Alpine:v3.9 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-16837.json"