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CVE-2018-16859

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CVSS 3.0
4.4 medium
EPSS
<1%p44
Published
()
Modified
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.

Vendors
redhat
Products
ansible engine
Weakness
CWE-532
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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