PYSEC-2018-44

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    PYSEC-2018-44

    Published: 23 Oct 2018Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ansible

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.7
    Fixed -2.7.1

    Affected versions

    1.0

    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
    PYSEC-2018-44 | CVE-DB