Name: CVE-2018-16859: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-16859, CWE-532, CVSS 4.4, EPSS 0.00539

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4
CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 4.2
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade ansible	Oct 1, 2024	Nov 29, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade ansible	Apr 3, 2019	Nov 29, 2018

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CVSS Details

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