{"id":"CVE-2016-8647","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8647","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:56:22.647Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-07-26T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["redhat/ansible engine","redhat/virtualization"],"epss":{"score":0.0144,"percentile":0.7305,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}