ALPINE-CVE-2018-16837

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CVE-2018-16837
Published: 23 Oct 2018, 15:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Oct 2018, 15:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•ansible

    < 2.5.11-r0 | < 2.7.1-r0

References (1)