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Fencer Vulns
low 2.2

CVE-2016-8647 json

Improper Input Validation in ansible

published 2018-07-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj , PYSEC-2018-58 , EUVD-2018-0018

cvss
2.2
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.2.1.0
  • redhat ansible_engine 2.2.1.0
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.0.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8647

  • ansible rhev manager 4 2.3.0.0-4.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1685

  • ansible openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Proxy Module 4.3, Manager Client Tools 15 2.9.27-150000.1.17.2
  • grafana Manager Client Tools 15 9.5.18-150000.1.63.2
  • spacecmd openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.27-150000.3.116.2
  • mgr-daemon Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.9-150000.1.47.2
  • spacewalk-koan Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.6-150000.3.33.2
  • dracut-saltboot openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.1.1710765237.46af599-150000.1.53.2
  • POS_Image-JeOS7 openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.1.1710765237.46af599-150000.1.21.2
  • uyuni-common-libs Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.10-150000.1.39.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1509-1SUSE-SU-2024:1427-1SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-8647 updated cvss 2.2

Ansible: in some circumstances the mysql_user module may fail to correctly change a password

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 ansible
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer 1 ansible
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1 ansible 2.3.0.0-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1685
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) ansible Red Hat Storage 3 ansible Red Hat Storage Console 2 ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 2.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 4.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
<2.2.1.0
2.2.1.0

Affected products

  • Red Hat Ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.