Security advisory

{
  "id": "1a8fc2a332bbf523eb460c76775c8374936ba4b6ff8a70bf7587ea557a58c31e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8647",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-8647",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-8647",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-8647",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-8647",
        "GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj",
        "PYSEC-2018-58"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "53629100006d1d8eebe3447235f8b4bf048a3dc0"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.2.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.2.1.0-0.5.rc5",
            "v2.2.1.0-0.4.rc4",
            "v2.2.1.0-0.3.rc3",
            "v2.2.1.0-0.2.rc2",
            "v2.2.1.0-0.1.rc1",
            "v2.2.0.0-1",
            "v2.2.0.0-0.4.rc4",
            "v2.2.0.0-0.3.rc3",
            "v2.2.0.0-0.2.rc2",
            "v2.2.0.0-0.1.rc1",
            "v2.0.0-0.5.beta3",
            "v2.0.0-0.4.beta2",
            "v2.0.0-0.3.beta1",
            "v2.0.0-0.2.alpha2",
            "v2.0.0-0.1.alpha1",
            "v1.6.0",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.2",
            "v1.1",
            "v1.0",
            "0.7",
            "0.3",
            "0.0.1",
            "0.01"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8647.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:27.153784480Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685",
        "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:virtualization",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "4.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-8647",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431767,
  "published_at": "2018-07-26T14:29:00.267+00:00"
}