vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-16837: Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Oct 23, 2018 | Dec 12, 2019 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 23, 2018
Added
Dec 12, 2019
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-ansible
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