CVE-2016-4996 | BDVDB-2026-87674 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-07-14Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.