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Alpine: multiple ansible packages: security update to 2.5.11-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 403489

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2018-16837)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16837

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 403489

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16837

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16837

BID: 105700