CVE-2018-16859
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16859
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16859.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16859
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-11-29T18:29:00.537Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T02:30:55.689219Z
- Severity
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- 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to appear in EventLogs in plaintext. A local user with administrator privileges on the machine can view these logs and discover the plaintext password. Ansible Engine 2.8 and older are believed to be vulnerable.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3771
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3770
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3773
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16859
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49142
Affected packages
Git / github.com/ansible/ansible
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "2.5.13" }, { "introduced": "2.6.0" }, { "fixed": "2.6.10" }, { "introduced": "2.7.0" }, { "fixed": "2.7.4" }, { "introduced": "2.7.5" }, { "last_affected": "2.8" } ] }