CVE-2018-16859 Information

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:N

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106004 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3770 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3771 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3773 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16859 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49142

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.4