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CVE-2018-16859

Published: Nov 29, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

4.2

MEDIUM

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Red Hat

ansible

affected
2.8 and older

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-532

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

RHSA-2018:3770
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2018:3771
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
106004
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2018:3773
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2018:3772
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
openSUSE-SU-2019:1125
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2019:1635
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2019:1858
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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