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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2019-10206 json

Ansible password prompts could expose passwords

published 2019-11-22 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-cqmr-rcpr-cxh3 , PYSEC-2019-145 , EUVD-2019-0003

cvss
6.4
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools, all versions 2.8.x before 2.8.4, all 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and all 2.6.x before 2.6.19, prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they could contain special characters. Passwords should be wrapped to prevent templates trigger and exposing them.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.6.19, 2.7.13, 2.8.4
  • redhat ansible 2.6.19, 2.7.13, 2.8.4
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.6+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10206

  • 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-2019-10206

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  • ansible openstack 14, openstack 13, ansible engine 2.6 2.6.19-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.7 2.7.13-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8, ansible engine 2 2.8.4-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8, ansible engine 2 2.8.4-1.el8ae

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3789RHSA-2019:3744RHSA-2019:2545RHSA-2019:2544RHSA-2019:2543RHSA-2019:2542

  • 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-2020:3309-1SUSE-SU-2019:2274-1

  • 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 SP1 2.9.6-bp151.3.6.1
  • ansible openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.9.6-lp151.2.7.1

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 3.12, Alpine 3.11, Alpine 3.10 2.8.4-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.7 2.4.6.0-r1
  • ansible Alpine 3.8 2.6.19-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.9 2.7.13-r0
  • ansible-base Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 2.8.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-10206

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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-2019-10206 updated cvss 6.4

Ansible: disclosure data when prompted for password and template characters are passed

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ansible
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) ansible Red Hat Storage 3 ansible
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible 2.8.4-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.8.4-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2543
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.6.19-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2545
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.7.13-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2544
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.8.4-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.8.4-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2542
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 ansible 2.6.19-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3789
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 ansible 2.6.19-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3744

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Exploit prediction

1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
>=2.8.0, <2.8.4
>=2.7.0, <2.7.13
>=2.6.0, <2.6.19
2.8.4
2.7.13
2.6.19

Affected products

  • Red Hat Ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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