Medium severity · published Jul 26, 2018
CVE-2016-8647
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
4.9
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AE
Ansible Engine · Redhat
before 2.2.1.0 · source: NVD
VI
Virtualization · Redhat
4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8647
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388
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