CVE-2016-8647

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Published 2018-10-10 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.2.0.0-4`
sid	Fixed	`2.2.0.0-4`
forky	Fixed	`2.2.0.0-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.2.0.0-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.2.0.0-4`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	ansible	`<2.2.1.0`	`2.2.1.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.