CVE catalog
CVE-2018-16859
ansible: CVE-2018-16859
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 4.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.54% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | sid | 14.4.0+dfsg-1 | not affected |
| Debian | ansible | forky | 14.0.0+dfsg-1 | not affected |
| Debian | ansible | trixie | 12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1 | not affected |
| Debian | ansible | bookworm | 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 | not affected |
| Alpine | ansible | 3.9 | 2.7.3-r0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | ansible | apk | 3.9 | 2.7.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-16859 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [ansible]Unknown
Details (2)
7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm
7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2019_0238-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-16859]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16859]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-16859.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2018/wid-sec-w-2024-3598.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]