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    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 16, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Nov 29, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00099
    CVSS Score:4.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Ansible Engine

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-215 Fuzzing for application mapping

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    References

    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High