CVE-2016-4996

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    CVE-2016-4996

    Published: 17 Jul 2017Last Modified: 14 Feb 2026

    Summary:

    Details: discovery-debug in Foreman before 6.2 when the ssh service has been enabled on discovered nodes displays the root password in plaintext in the system journal when used to log in, which allows local users with access to the system journal to obtain the root password by reading the system journal, or by clicking Logs on the console.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.0.0
    4.0.0-rc.1
    4.0.0-rc.2
    4.0.1
    4.0.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High