Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-16859
Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to appear in EventLogs in plaintext. A local user with administrator privileges on the machine can view these logs and discover the plaintext password. Ansible Engine 2.8 and older are believed to be vulnerable.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 29.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.2
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
Products affected by CVE-2018-16859
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.01
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.10
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.6.9
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.8.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.9.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:1.9.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.3.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.0.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.0.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.0.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.0.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.0.0-0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.0.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.1.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.1.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.1.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.1.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.1.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.2.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.2.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.2.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.2.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.2.0-0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.2.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.3-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.3.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.3.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.3.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.3.0-0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.3.0-0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.3.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.4-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.4-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.4.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.4.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.5.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.5.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4.6.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.10
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.11
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.12
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6.9
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.10
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.11
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.12
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.13
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.14
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.15
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.16
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.17
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.18
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7.9