Improper input validation in Red Hat Ansible
Priority LOW 25CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0144 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial ansible (PyPI): 2.2.1.0Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Ansible | 2.2.1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | ansible (PyPI) | before 2.2.1.0 | 2.2.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj |
- Ansible VendorRed Hat Affected 2.2.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.2.1.0 Fixed in 2.2.1.0 Patch available GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.2.1.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2017:1685 Released 2017-07-06 · Red Hat rating Importantansible security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1 ansible-2.3.0.0-4.el7, ansible-doc-2.3.0.0-4.el7
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1685 |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)
- Red Hat Storage 3
- Red Hat Storage Console 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8647
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj
References
Advisory 5
Other 5
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/commit/30fb384e7fb9a94ac3929e4a650877e45d8834c9
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8647
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396174
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-58.yaml
More Red Hat Ansible Engine vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-05593 transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-05127 Improper input validation in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-03523 Information disclosure in ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-11051 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat Ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-07689 Untrusted search path in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-07688 Untrusted search path in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-8647 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-8647 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-8647 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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