CVE-2019-10217 — A flaw was found in ansible 2
A flaw was found in ansible 2.8.0 before 2.8.4. Fields managing sensitive data should be set as such by no_log feature. Some of these fields in GCP modules are not set properly. service_account_contents() which is common class for all gcp modules is not setting no_log to True. An
Published
2019-11-25T15:06:19.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T22:17:18.921Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
A flaw was found in ansible 2.8.0 before 2.8.4. Fields managing sensitive data should be set as such by no_log feature. Some of these fields in GCP modules are not set properly. service_account_contents() which is common class for all gcp modules is not setting no_log to True. Any sensitive data managed by that function would be leak as an output when running ansible playbooks.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| Red Hat | Ansible | ansible 2.8.0 before 2.8.4 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2019-11-25T15:06:19.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:17:18.921Z
09References
- bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10217
- github.com — https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56269
- github.com — https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59427
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
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