Red Hat Ansible Playbooks up to 2.8 on Windows Log Credentials log file

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Ansible Playbooks up to 2.8 on Windows. This impacts an unknown function of the component Log Handler. The manipulation leads to log file (Credentials). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-16859. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Playbooks up to 2.8 on Windows and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Log Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a log file vulnerability (Credentials). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-532. Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 11/27/2018. The weakness was released 11/29/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-16859 since 09/11/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119485 (RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2018:3770)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (119485) and SecurityFocus (BID 106004†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Credentials
Class: Log file / Credentials
CWE: CWE-532 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 119485
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2018:3770)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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09/11/2018 🔍
11/16/2018 +66 days 🔍
11/27/2018 +11 days 🔍
11/29/2018 +2 days 🔍
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11/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +4 days 🔍
12/07/2018 +3 days 🔍
06/12/2023 +1648 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2018:3770
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-16859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127301
SecurityFocus: 106004 - Ansible Playbooks CVE-2018-16859 Plaintext Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/30/2018 07:52
Updated: 06/12/2023 08:49
Changes: 11/30/2018 07:52 (71), 04/16/2020 09:28 (6), 08/22/2022 09:38 (5), 06/12/2023 08:48 (3), 06/12/2023 08:49 (12)
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