high6.5
CVE-2019-10206
Ansible password prompts could expose passwords
Impact
ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools, all versions 2.8.x before 2.8.4, all 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and all 2.6.x before 2.6.19, prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they could contain special characters. Passwords should be wrapped to prevent templates trigger and exposing them.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | ansible | >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.4 | 2.8.4 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Ansible | from 2.6.0 before 2.6.19 from 2.7.0 before 2.7.13 from 2.8.0 before 2.8.4 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
| Opensuse | Backports Sle | Version 15.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 15.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10206
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqmr-rcpr-cxh3
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10206
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4b5aed4e5af4c7aab621662f50a289e99b8ac393
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/d39488ece44956f6a169a498b067bbef54552be1
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/d728127310b4f3a40ce8b9df3affb88ffaeea073
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2019-145.yaml