CVE-2016-8647
Improper Input Validation in ansible
4.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-8647
To remediate CVE-2016-8647, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ansible—upgrade to 2.2.0.0-4 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.1.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.1.0 or later
Is CVE-2016-8647 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.2.0.0-4
- from 0, < 2.2.1.0
- from 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 |