Information Exposure Affecting ansible package, versions [2.4.0.0,2.5.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-5880438
  • published4 Sept 2023
  • disclosed1 Sept 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Sep 2023

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ansible to version 2.5.0 or higher.

Overview

ansible is a simple IT automation system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure when passwords are included in the response. Exploiting this vulnerability could potentially allow for a man-in-the-middle attack, in which the perpetrator could intercept the response to obtain the password.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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