CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8647
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-07-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 2.2 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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 configurations
• redhat ansible engine (< 2.2.1.0)
• redhat virtualization 4.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388 Third Party Advisory