SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-hwrm-63v2-42g4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433868

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)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433868

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Threat Score: 5.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16837

BID: 105700

cwe: CWE-311

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