Vulnerability: Plaintext Password Exposure in Ansible Playbooks on Windows Platforms

Vulnerability: Plaintext Password Exposure in Ansible Playbooks on Windows Platforms

CVE-2018-16859 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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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