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.

Published: Nov 29, 2018
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2018-16859
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.4
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-532

Affected Software
References

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

Vulnerability Database

289,689

CVE-2018-16859