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GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86r

Ansible Logs Passwords If PowerShell ScriptBlock is Enabled

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2018-16859

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
PyPI ansible >= 2.7.0a1, < 2.7.3 2.7.3
PyPI ansible < 2.5.12 2.5.12
PyPI ansible >= 2.6.0a1, < 2.6.9 2.6.9

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

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.

References

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