CVE-2016-4996

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4996
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4996.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4996
Downstream
Published
2017-07-17T13:18:06.170Z
Modified
2026-03-14T09:19:50.845738Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4996.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "6.3"
            }
        ]
    }
]