CVE-2018-16837 — Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information in Redhat Ansible

CWE-214 — Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive InformationCWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Redhat AnsibleDebian LinuxRedhat Ansible Engine+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 23
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶PyPIredhat/ansible2.7.0a1 — 2.7.1+2
▶Debianredhat/ansible< 2.7.1+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubunturedhat/ansible< 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+1
▶NVDredhat/ansible_engine4 versions+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen↗2022-05-13
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OSV
Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen↗2022-05-13
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OSV
ansible vulnerabilities↗2019-07-24
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OSV
CVE-2018-16837: Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen↗2018-10-23
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CVEList
CVE-2018-16837: Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen↗2018-10-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ansible vulnerabilities↗2019-07-24
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Red Hat
Ansible: Information leak in "user" module↗2018-10-23
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Debian
CVE-2018-16837: ansible - Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-ke...↗2018
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16837 Ansible: Information leak in "user" module↗2018-10-18
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