CVE-2018-16859CWE-532

Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to appear…

Medium · published November 29, 2018

CVSS v3.0
4.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
4.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00539 · 44.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-532 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Published
2018-11-29T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 NOV 17:00Z
    Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to appear…
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