Vulnerability CVE-2018-16859
Published: 2018-11-29

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.

Type:

CWE-532

 (Information Exposure Through Log Files)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Ansible engine 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106004
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3770
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3771
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3773
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16859
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49142
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