CVE-2018-16859
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| redhat / ansible_engine | - | 2.5.13 |
| redhat / ansible_engine | 2.6.0 | 2.6.10 |
| redhat / ansible_engine | 2.7.0 | 2.7.4 |
| redhat / ansible_engine | 2.7.5 | 2.8.x |
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3770
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3771
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3773
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16859
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49142
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