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)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-72650
  • published3 Dec 2018
  • disclosed29 Nov 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16859  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How 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.

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