CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-10206

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Nov 22, 2019 | Modified: Dec 28, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ansible Redhat 2.6.0 (including) 2.6.19 (excluding)
Ansible Redhat 2.7.0 (including) 2.7.13 (excluding)
Ansible Redhat 2.8.0 (including) 2.8.4 (excluding)
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7 RedHat ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae *
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 RedHat ansible-0:2.7.13-1.el7ae *
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 RedHat ansible-0:2.8.4-1.el7ae *
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 RedHat ansible-0:2.8.4-1.el8ae *
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 RedHat ansible-0:2.8.4-1.el7ae *
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 RedHat ansible-0:2.8.4-1.el8ae *
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) RedHat ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae *
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky) RedHat ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae *
Ansible Ubuntu bionic *
Ansible Ubuntu disco *
Ansible Ubuntu eoan *
Ansible Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Ansible Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Ansible Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Ansible Ubuntu trusty *
Ansible Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Ansible Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References