{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8647","details":"An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible's mysql_user module before 2.2.1.0, which may fail to correctly change a password in certain circumstances. Thus the previous password would still be active when it should have been changed.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:12:32.570393Z","published":"2018-07-26T14:29:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:38Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-8647"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8647"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8647"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@2.5.1+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.1+dfsg-1"}]}],"versions":["2.3.1.0+dfsg-2","2.5.0+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ansible","binary_version":"2.5.1+dfsg-1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8647.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}