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Information Exposure Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.6.7-1.el7ae

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-5354418
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed23 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 23 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-16837  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-214  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.6.7-1.el7ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3460.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.