7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.5%
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.
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16837
github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47436
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-16837
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16837
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4072-1
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.5%