Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

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 root password by reading the system journal, or by clicking Logs on the console.

  • Published: Jul 17, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-4996
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 1.9
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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