CVE-2018-16859 describes a plaintext password exposure vulnerability in Ansible Engine versions 2.8 and older when executing playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock and Module logging enabled. This misconfiguration allows "become" passwords to be stored in EventLogs, making them accessible to local administrators. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges to achieve high confidentiality impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.7.5, <= 2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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