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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2024-0690 json

Ansible-core: possible information leak in tasks that ignore ansible_no_log configuration

published 2024-02-06 2 y ago modified 2026-11-06 3 d ago also GHSA-h24r-m9qc-pvpg , PYSEC-2024-36 , EUVD-2024-0003

cvss
5.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An information disclosure flaw was found in ansible-core due to a failure to respect the ANSIBLE_NO_LOG configuration in some scenarios. Information is still included in the output in certain tasks, such as loop items. Depending on the task, this issue may include sensitive information, such as decrypted secret values.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible-core 2.14.4, 2.14.14, 2.15.9, 2.16.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 1:2.15.9-1.el8ap
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 1:2.15.9-1.el9ap
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:2.16.3-2.el8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 1:2.14.14-1.el9
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.4.0-1
  • ansible-core Debian 12 2.14.16-0+deb12u1
  • ansible-core Debian 14, Debian 13 2.16.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0690

  • ansible-core ansible automation platform inside 2.4, ansible automation platform developer 2.4, ansible automation platform 2.4 1:2.15.9-1.el8ap
  • ansible-core ansible automation platform inside 2.4, ansible automation platform developer 2.4, ansible automation platform 2.4 1:2.15.9-1.el9ap
  • automation-controller-venv-tower ansible automation platform 2.4 4.5.1-1.el8ap
  • automation-controller-venv-tower ansible automation platform 2.4 4.5.1-1.el9ap
  • ansible-core RHEL 8 2.16.3-2.el8
  • ansible-test RHEL 8 2.16.3-2.el8
  • ansible-core RHEL 9 1:2.14.14-1.el9
  • ansible-test RHEL 9 1:2.14.14-1.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:0733RHSA-2024:3043RHSA-2024:2246

  • ansible openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Proxy Module 4.3, Manager Client Tools 15 2.9.27-150000.1.17.2
  • grafana Manager Client Tools 15 9.5.18-150000.1.63.2
  • spacecmd openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.27-150000.3.116.2
  • mgr-daemon Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.9-150000.1.47.2
  • spacewalk-koan Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.6-150000.3.33.2
  • dracut-saltboot openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.1.1710765237.46af599-150000.1.53.2
  • POS_Image-JeOS7 openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.1.1710765237.46af599-150000.1.21.2
  • uyuni-common-libs Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.10-150000.1.39.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1509-1SUSE-SU-2024:1427-1

  • ansible-core-2.21 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.21.6-1.1
  • ansible-core-2.20 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.20.6-1.1
  • ansible-core-2.19 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.19.4-1.1
  • ansible-core-2.18 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.18.10-2.1
  • ansible-core-2.17 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.17.6-1.1
  • ansible-core openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.16.9-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12451-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10945-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15754-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15638-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14537-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14251-1

  • ansible-core AlmaLinux 8 2.16.3-2.el8
  • ansible-test AlmaLinux 8 2.16.3-2.el8
  • ansible-core AlmaLinux 9 1:2.14.14-1.el9
  • ansible-test AlmaLinux 9 1:2.14.14-1.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:3043ALSA-2024:2246

  • ansible-core Rocky Linux 8 2.16.3-2.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:3043

  • ansible CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.14.12-2
  • ansible Azure Linux 3.0 2.17.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-34190AZL-34539

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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-2024-0690 updated cvss 5.0

ansible-core: possible information leak in tasks that ignore ANSIBLE_NO_LOG configuration

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 ansible-core 2.15.9-1.el8ap Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 ansible-core 2.15.9-1.el9ap
    fixed: vendor fix “Explicitly setting 'no_log' within the playbook will prevent the output from containing potentially sensitive information.” RHSA-2024:0733
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) ansible-core 2.16.3-2.el8, ansible-test 2.16.3-2.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “Explicitly setting 'no_log' within the playbook will prevent the output from containing potentially sensitive information.” RHSA-2024:3043
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) ansible-core 2.14.14-1.el9, ansible-test 2.14.14-1.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “Explicitly setting 'no_log' within the playbook will prevent the output from containing potentially sensitive information.” RHSA-2024:2246
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 ansible-test 2.15.9-1.el8ap, automation-controller 4.5.1-1.el8ap, automation-controller-ui 4.5.1-1.el8ap, automation-controller-cli 4.5.1-1.el8ap, automation-controller-server 4.5.1-1.el8ap, automation-controller-venv-tower 4.5.1-1.el8ap, +1 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 ansible-test 2.15.9-1.el9ap, automation-controller 4.5.1-1.el9ap, automation-controller-ui 4.5.1-1.el9ap, automation-controller-cli 4.5.1-1.el9ap, automation-controller-server 4.5.1-1.el9ap, automation-controller-venv-tower 4.5.1-1.el9ap, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible-core
<2.14.14
>=2.16.0, <2.16.3
>=2.15.0, <2.15.9
<2.14.4
2.14.14
2.16.3
2.15.9
2.14.4

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-117 Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.