A flaw was found in Ansible, where sensitive information stored in Ansible Vault files can be exposed in plaintext during the execution of a playbook. This occurs when using tasks such as include_vars to load vaulted variables without setting the no_log: true parameter, resulting in sensitive data being printed in the playbook output or logs. This can lead to the unintentional disclosure of secrets like passwords or API keys, compromising security and potentially allowing unauthorized access or actions.
Weakness
The product writes sensitive information to a log file.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments | RedHat | ansible-automation-platform/ansible-builder-rhel8:1.2.0-91 | * |
| Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments | RedHat | ansible-automation-platform/ansible-builder-rhel9:3.0.1-95 | * |
| Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments | RedHat | ansible-automation-platform/ee-29-rhel8:2.9.27-32 | * |
| Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments | RedHat | ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel8:2.13.10-34 | * |
| Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments | RedHat | ansible-automation-platform/ee-minimal-rhel9:2.18.0-2 | * |
| Discovery 1 for RHEL 9 | RedHat | discovery/discovery-server-rhel9:1.12.0-1 | * |
| Discovery 1 for RHEL 9 | RedHat | discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:1.12.0-1 | * |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | RedHat | ansible-core-1:2.15.13-1.el8ap | * |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | RedHat | ansible-core-1:2.15.13-1.el9ap | * |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | RedHat | ansible-core-1:2.16.13-1.el8ap | * |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | RedHat | ansible-core-1:2.16.13-1.el9ap | * |
| Ansible | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Ansible | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Ansible | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Ansible | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Ansible-core | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Ansible-core | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10762
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8969
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9894
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1249
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8775
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2312119
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jpxc-vmjf-9fcj
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00021.html