Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting ansible package, versions <1.5.5+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ANSIBLE-18168442
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed20 Feb 2020

Introduced: 20 Feb 2020

CVE-2014-4660  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest ansible to version 1.5.5+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging existence of a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/&#34; format.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1