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SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86r)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434431

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2018-16859)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v735-2pp6-h86r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434431

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Threat Score: 4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16859

BID: 106004

cwe: CWE-532