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High RHSA-2018:3462 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: [ansible] security and bug fix update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · Ansible Engine 2 ansible_engine:2::el7 ansible 0:2.7.1-1.el7ae

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2018-16837

    Ansible Leaks Data Passed to ssh-keygen

    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 f…

    [UNKNOWN] ansible ansible ansible Debian Ubuntu Alpine PyPI

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1640642
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_3462.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16837
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16837
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837
  • article
    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47436