Information Exposure Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.6.11-1.el7ae


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-5354463
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed7 Dec 2018

Introduced: 7 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-16876  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.6.11-1.el7ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3836.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

ansible before versions 2.5.14, 2.6.11, 2.7.5 is vulnerable to a information disclosure flaw in vvv+ mode with no_log on that can lead to leakage of sensible data.

CVSS Scores

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