CVE-2016-4996
discovery-debug in Foreman before 6.2 when the ssh service has been enabled on discovered nodes displays the root password in plaintext in the system journal when used to log in, which allows local users with access to the system journal to obtain the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
discovery-debug in Foreman before 6.2 when the ssh service has been enabled on discovered nodes displays the root password in plaintext in the system journal when used to log in, which allows local users with access to the system journal to obtain the root password by reading the system journal, or by clicking Logs on the console.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- redhat/satellite
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.