CVE-2018-16859

Aliases:GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86rPYSEC-2018-60
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 15
Modified
Published: 29 Nov 2018, 17:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 10:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
4.4 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Nov 2018, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 10:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.7CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 26%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-532•Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

    The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•ansible

    ≥ 2.7.0a1, < 2.7.3 | < 2.5.12 | ≥ 2.6.0a1, < 2.6.9 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.10

  • red hat•ansible

    2.8 and older

  • redhat•ansible_engine

    < 2.5.13 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.10 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.4 | ≥ 2.7.5, ≤ 2.8

References (18)