{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2018-16859","details":"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.","modified":"2026-10-23T17:24:19.820270222Z","published":"2018-11-29T18:29:00.537Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-16859"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16859"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.9","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/ansible?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.3-r0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-16859.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}