ghsa-hwrm-63v2-42g4
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:50
Modified
2024-09-04 19:27
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen
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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.7.0a1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.7.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.6.0a1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.6.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.5.11"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-16837"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-311"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-22T22:09:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-10-23T15:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4",
  "modified": "2024-09-04T19:27:47Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:50:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47487"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47486"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47445"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47436"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77928e6c3a2ad878b20312ce5d74d9d7741e0df0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/b618339c321c387230d3ea523e80ad47af3de5cf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f50cc0b8cb399bb7b7c1ad23b94c9404f0cc6d23"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227105539/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-44.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/c963ef1dfbf73efea5106624eb48b346f01eaefd/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst?plain=1#L138"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen"
}


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