CVE-2018-16859 — Log File Information Exposure in Redhat Ansible Engine

CWE-532 — Log File Information Exposure8 documents7 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Redhat AnsibleRedhat Ansible EngineRED HAT Ansible
Timeline
PublishedNov 29
Latest updateMay 14

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDredhat/ansible_engine2.6.0 — 2.6.10+3
▶PyPIredhat/ansible2.7.0a1 — 2.7.3+2
▶Alpineredhat/ansible< 2.7.3-r0
▶CVEListV5red_hat/ansible2.8 and older

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
Ansible Logs Passwords If PowerShell ScriptBlock is Enabled↗2022-05-14
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OSV
Ansible Logs Passwords If PowerShell ScriptBlock is Enabled↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-16859: Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to↗2018-11-29
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OSV
CVE-2018-16859: Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to↗2018-11-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
ansible: become password logged in plaintext when used with PowerShell on Windows↗2018-11-16
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Debian
CVE-2018-16859: ansible - Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock ...↗2018
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16859 ansible: become password logged in plaintext when used with PowerShell on Windows↗2018-11-14
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