CVE-2016-8647
MEDIUM4.9EPSS 0.18%Improper Input Validation in ansible
Published: 10/10/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.2.0.0-4
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.2.1.0
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.2.1.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8647
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8647
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396174
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/commit/30fb384e7fb9a94ac3929e4a650877e45d8834c9
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-58.yaml