VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16859

CVSS score4.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.54%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-11-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-532
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-532

Primary references