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Fencer Vulns
high 7.3

CVE-2019-14846 json

Ansible Uses Plugins That Disclose Credentials

published 2019-10-08 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-pm48-cvv2-29q5 , PYSEC-2019-4 , EUVD-2019-0008

cvss
7.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.6.20, 2.7.14, 2.8.6
  • redhat ansible_engine 2.6.20, 2.7.14, 2.8.6
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.6+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14846

  • ansible Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
  • ansible Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm5
  • ansible Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14846

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  • ansible openstack 13, ansible engine 2.6 2.6.20-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8, ansible engine 2 2.8.6-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8, ansible engine 2 2.8.6-1.el8ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.7 2.7.14-1.el7ae

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:0756RHSA-2019:3207RHSA-2019:3203RHSA-2019:3202RHSA-2019:3201

  • storm OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 1.2.3-3.6.1
  • ansible OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • grafana OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 6.7.4-4.12.1
  • ardana-mq OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1593618123.678c32b-3.26.1
  • ardana-nova OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1601298847.dd01585-3.42.1
  • crowbar-core OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1600432272.b3ad722f0-3.44.1
  • python-kombu OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 4.1.0-3.7.1
  • ardana-cinder OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1596129856.263f430-3.43.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1

  • ansible-14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-13 openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.7.0-1.1
  • ansible-12 openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.2.0-1.1
  • ansible-11 openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.11.0-1.1
  • ansible-10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-9 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.8.0-1.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15 SP1 2.9.6-bp151.3.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12447-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10944-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1

  • ansible Alpine 3.10 2.8.6-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.12, Alpine 3.11 2.9.13-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.8 2.6.20-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.9 2.7.14-r0
  • ansible-base Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 2.8.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-14846

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14846 updated cvss 7.3

ansible: secrets disclosed on logs when no_log enabled

  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3 ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Storage 3 ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible 2.8.6-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.8.6-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3207
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.6.20-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3201
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.7.14-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3202
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  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.8.6-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.8.6-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3203
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 ansible 2.6.20-1.el7ae Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Server ansible 2.6.20-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0756
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ansible Red Hat Satellite 6 ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
<2.6.20
>=2.7.0a1, <2.7.14
>=2.8.0a1, <2.8.6
>=2.7.0, <2.7.14
>=2.8.0, <2.8.6
2.6.20
2.7.14
2.8.6

Affected products

  • Red Hat Ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-117 Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

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