CVE-2018-16837 (GCVE-0-2018-16837)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-10-23 15:00
Modified
2024-08-05 10:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
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.
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