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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-16859
Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49142
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16859
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3771
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3773
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772
- 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
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.8 and older
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 29th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N