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High
CVE-2019-14846
In Ansible, all Ansible Engine versions up to ansible-engine 2.8.5,...
Vulnerability Description
In Ansible, all Ansible Engine versions up to ansible-engine 2.8.5, ansible-engine 2.7.13, ansible-engine 2.6.19, were logging at the DEBUG level which lead to a disclosure of credentials if a plugin used a library that logged credentials at the DEBUG level. This flaw does not affect Ansible modules, as those are executed in a separate process.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14846
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63366
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3203
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3202
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3207
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3201
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0756
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00023.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Ansible
Vulnerable Versions:
all ansible_engine-2.x and ansible_engine-3.x up to ansible_engine-3.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 8th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H