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CVE-2016-4996

CVE-2016-4996 PUBLISHED

Reported by redhat · Published July 14, 2017

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.

Affected Products

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Timeline

  • Jul 14, 2017 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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