{"id":"PYSEC-2018-60","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2018-16859","GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86r"],"modified":"2024-04-22T22:27:01.089962Z","published":"2018-11-29T18:29:00Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49142"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16859"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106004"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3773"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3771"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3770"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.7.0"},{"fixed":"2.7.4"},{"introduced":"2.7.5"},{"fixed":"2.8.1"},{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.13"},{"introduced":"2.6.0"},{"fixed":"2.6.10"}]}],"versions":["1.0","1.1","1.2","1.2.1","1.2.2","1.2.3","1.3.0","1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3","1.3.4","1.4","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4","1.4.5","1.5","1.5.1","1.5.2","1.5.3","1.5.4","1.5.5","1.6","1.6.1","1.6.10","1.6.2","1.6.3","1.6.4","1.6.5","1.6.6","1.6.7","1.6.8","1.6.9","1.7","1.7.1","1.7.2","1.8","1.8.1","1.8.2","1.8.3","1.8.4","1.9.0","1.9.0.1","1.9.1","1.9.2","1.9.3","1.9.4","1.9.5","1.9.6","2.0.0","2.0.0.0","2.0.0.1","2.0.0.2","2.0.1.0","2.0.2.0","2.1.0.0","2.1.1.0","2.1.2.0","2.1.3.0","2.1.4.0","2.1.5.0","2.1.6.0","2.2.0.0","2.2.1.0","2.2.2.0","2.2.3.0","2.3.0.0","2.3.1.0","2.3.2.0","2.3.3.0","2.4.0.0","2.4.1.0","2.4.2.0","2.4.3.0","2.4.4.0","2.4.5.0","2.4.6.0","2.5.0","2.5.0a1","2.5.0b1","2.5.0b2","2.5.0rc1","2.5.0rc2","2.5.0rc3","2.5.1","2.5.10","2.5.11","2.5.12","2.5.2","2.5.3","2.5.4","2.5.5","2.5.6","2.5.7","2.5.8","2.5.9","2.6.0","2.6.1","2.6.2","2.6.3","2.6.4","2.6.5","2.6.6","2.6.7","2.6.8","2.6.9","2.7.0","2.7.1","2.7.10","2.7.11","2.7.12","2.7.13","2.7.14","2.7.15","2.7.16","2.7.17","2.7.18","2.7.2","2.7.3","2.7.5","2.7.6","2.7.7","2.7.8","2.7.9","2.8.0","2.8.0a1","2.8.0b1","2.8.0rc1","2.8.0rc2","2.8.0rc3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-60.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}