CVSS 3.0
7.0 highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-255
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- redhat:satellite