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CVE-2018-16859

4.4 mediumEPSS 0.5%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

4.4 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-532
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86rPyPIansible>=2.7.0a1 <2.7.32.7.3
GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86rPyPIansible<2.5.122.5.12
GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86rPyPIansible>=2.6.0a1 <2.6.92.6.9
PYSEC-2018-60PyPIansible>=2.7.0 <2.7.4
>=2.7.5 <2.8.1
<2.5.13
>=2.6.0 <2.6.10		2.7.4, 2.8.1, 2.5.13, 2.6.10

References

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