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.
Published: 2017-07-14
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5961 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.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Satellite Satellite Capsule
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.228Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4996

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-17T13:18:06.170

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-4996

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4996 - Bugzilla

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