CVE-2016-8647

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Ansible	2.2.1.0

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 26, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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