{"id":"CVE-2018-16837","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.","aliases":["GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4","PYSEC-2018-44"],"modified":"2026-05-15T12:03:28.042937940Z","published":"2018-10-23T15:29:00.607Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1","openSUSE-SU-2019:1125-1","openSUSE-SU-2019:1635-1","openSUSE-SU-2019:1858-1","openSUSE-SU-2022:0081-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10615-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"8.0"},{"last_affected":"9.0"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"debian:debian_linux"},{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"2.0"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"redhat:ansible_engine"},{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"3.3.0"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"redhat:ansible_tower"}]},"references":[{"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"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}