CVE-2016-8647

Aliases:GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qjPYSEC-2018-58
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 26 Jul 2018, 14:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 02:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.18% LOW
0% probability +0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Jul 2018, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 02:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible's mysql_user module before 2.2.1.0, which may fail to correctly change a password in certain circumstances. Thus the previous password would still be active when it should have been changed.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • v3.0•LOW•Score: 2.2CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.18%• Percentile: 40%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•ansible

    < 2.2.1.0

  • red hat•ansible

    2.2.1.0

  • redhat•ansible_engine

    < 2.2.1.0

  • redhat•virtualization

    4.1

References (10)