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Alpine: multiple ansible packages: security update to 2.7.3-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 403502

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://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16859

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 403502

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16859

BID: 106004