CVE-2018-16837
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16837.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16837
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-10-23T15:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T09:24:42.594173Z
- 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
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/ansible/ansible
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affected
Affected versions
0.*
0.0.1
0.0.2
0.01
0.3
0.7
v1.*
v1.0
v1.1
v1.2
v1.4.0
v1.5.0
v1.5.1
v1.6.0
Other
v1_last
v2.*
v2.0.0-0.1.alpha1
v2.0.0-0.2.alpha2
v2.0.0-0.3.beta1
v2.0.0-0.4.beta2
v2.0.0-0.5.beta3
v2.5.0
v2.5.0b1
v2.5.0b2
v2.5.0rc1
v2.5.0rc2
v2.5.0rc3
v2.6.0
v2.6.0a1
v2.6.0a2
v2.6.0rc1
v2.6.0rc2
v2.6.0rc3
v2.6.0rc4
v2.6.0rc5
v2.7.0
v2.7.0.a1
v2.7.0b1
v2.7.0rc1
v2.7.0rc2
v2.7.0rc3
v2.7.0rc4