Information Exposure Affecting ansible package, versions [,2.5.13) [2.6.0, 2.6.10) [2.7.0, 2.7.4) [2.7.5,2.8.1)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-72650
- published 3 Dec 2018
- disclosed 29 Nov 2018
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 29 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-16859 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade ansible to version 2.5.12, 2.6.9, 2.7.3 or higher.
Overview
ansible is a simple IT automation system.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Execution of ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for passwords to appear in EventLogs in plaintext. A malicious user with administrator privileges on the machine can view these logs and discover the plaintext password.