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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2024-8775

Ansible-core: exposure of sensitive information in ansible vault files due to improper logging

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

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