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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2018-11-29T17:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:54.246Z
Reserved: 2018-09-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-16859
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-11-29T18:29:00.537
Modified: 2019-04-03T09:29:00.993
Link: CVE-2018-16859
Redhat