Description
A flaw was found in Ansible, where sensitive information stored in Ansible Vault files can be exposed in plaintext during the execution of a playbook. This occurs when using tasks such as include_vars to load vaulted variables without setting the no_log: true parameter, resulting in sensitive data being printed in the playbook output or logs. This can lead to the unintentional disclosure of secrets like passwords or API keys, compromising security and potentially allowing unauthorized access or actions.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
ansible-core
Default version status: unaffected
1.0.0 to ≤ 2.17.4affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments
Default version status: affected
1.2.0-91 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments
Default version status: affected
3.0.1-95 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments
Default version status: affected
2.9.27-32 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments
Default version status: affected
2.12.10-54 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments
Default version status: affected
2.15.12-17 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Discovery 1 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
1.12.0-1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Discovery 1 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
1.12.0-1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Default version status: affected
1:2.15.13-1.el8ap to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
1:2.15.13-1.el9ap to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Default version status: affected
1:2.16.13-1.el8ap to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
1:2.16.13-1.el9ap to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10762 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8969 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9894 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1249 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8775 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2312119 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jpxc-vmjf-9fcj ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00021.html ↗