CVE-2018-16859

2018-11-2917:00:00

CWE-532

redhat

www.cve.org

4.2 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

5.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "ansible",
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.8 and older"
      }
    ]
  }
]