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.
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
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
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86r
aliases:
- CVE-2018-16859
- GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86r
modified: "2021-08-25T04:29:51.914778Z"
published: "2018-11-29T18:29:00Z"