CVE-2020-1753 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Redhat Ansible Engine
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.0
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 16
Latest updateApr 7
Description
A security flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17, all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.11 and all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7, when managing kubernetes using the k8s module. Sensitive parameters such as passwords and tokens are passed to kubectl from the command line, not using an environment variable or an input configuration file. This will disclose passwords and tokens from process list and no_log directive from debug module would not have a…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5red_hat/ansibleall Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17, all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.11, all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7+2
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 30, 31, 32
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File, Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information, and Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Ansible↗2021-04-07
GHSA▶
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File, Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information, and Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Ansible↗2021-04-07