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CVE-2018-16837

Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
RedhatAnsible Engine
Versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
RedhatAnsible Tower
Version 3.3.0
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0
SusePackage Hub
All versions

Weakness classification

CWE-214CWE-311

References