Data Disclosure Vulnerability in Ansible Engine and Ansible Tower by Red Hat
CVE-2020-1746

5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Ansible
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 May 2020

What is CVE-2020-1746?

A vulnerability exists in the Ansible Engine and Ansible Tower, allowing the LDAP bind password to be exposed in standard output or log files. This occurs when playbook tasks use the 'bind_pw' parameter in the ldap_attr and ldap_entry community modules, potentially compromising sensitive information and impacting data confidentiality.

Affected Version(s)

ansible ansible-engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17

ansible ansible-engine versions 2.8.x before 2.8.11

ansible ansible-engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.7

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1746
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https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/67866
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https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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