CVE-2018-16837

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-214CWE-311

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
[UNKNOWN]Ansiblen/a

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 23, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-16837: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix