Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting ansible package, versions <2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-ANSIBLE-1169354
  • published1 Jun 2025
  • disclosed8 Oct 2019

Introduced: 8 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-14846  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-117  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ansible to version 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Ansible, all Ansible Engine versions up to ansible-engine 2.8.5, ansible-engine 2.7.13, ansible-engine 2.6.19, were logging at the DEBUG level which lead to a disclosure of credentials if a plugin used a library that logged credentials at the DEBUG level. This flaw does not affect Ansible modules, as those are executed in a separate process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1