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CVE-2018-16837

Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen. This could lean in undesirable sit

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00024
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

4
debian linuxall versions
suse package huball versions

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI ansible HIGH fixed in 2.7.1

Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD23 Oct 2018 · 03:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Advisories

17
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10615-1
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