Security Advisory

CVE-2018-16859

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-11-29 17:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-05 10:32:54

Assigner redhat

State PUBLISHED

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.

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