Information Exposure Affecting ansible package, versions [,2.8.14)[2.9.0, 2.9.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-585821
  • published17 Jul 2020
  • disclosed16 Jul 2020
  • creditBorja Tarraso

Introduced: 16 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-14332  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ansible to version 2.8.14, 2.9.12 or higher.

Overview

ansible is a simple IT automation system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. When using module_args, tasks executed with check mode (--check-mode) do not properly neutralize sensitive data which would be exposed in the event data. Unauthorized users would be able to read this data.

CVSS Scores

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