4.4

CVE-2018-16859: red hat ansible

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-16859GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86rPYSEC-2018-60
Published 29-11-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16859 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability in red hat ansible. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10
OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0238-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1125-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1635-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1858-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1

Timeline

  1. 29-11-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

7 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.54% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, administrative account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat3 products
  • ansible_engine< 2.5.13 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.10 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.4 | ≥ 2.7.5, ≤ 2.8
  • ansible< 0:2.5.13-1.el7ae | < 0:2.6.10-1.el7ae | < 0:2.7.4-1.el7ae
  • ansible-doc< 0:2.5.13-1.el7ae
Alpine1 product
  • ansible< 2.7.3-r0
PyPI1 product
  • ansible≥ 2.7.0a1, < 2.7.3 | < 2.5.12 | ≥ 2.6.0a1, < 2.6.9 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.10
Red hat1 product

4 vendors · 6 products

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