CVE-2018-10855

ansible: Failed tasks do not honour no_log option allowing for secrets to be disclosed in logs

Published Jul 2, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Ansible 2.5 prior to 2.5.5, and 2.4 prior to 2.4.5, do not honor the no_log task flag for failed tasks. When the no_log flag has been used to protect sensitive data passed to a task from being logged, and that task does not run successfully, Ansible will expose sensitive data in log files and on the terminal of the user running Ansible.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4396-1 ansible security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0015 Ansible 2.5 prior to 2.5.5, and 2.4 prior to 2.4.5, do not honor the no_log task flag for failed tasks. When the no_log flag has been used to protect sensitive data passed to a task from being logged, and that task does not run successfully, Ansible will expose sensitive data in log files and on the terminal of the user running Ansible.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jwcc-j78w-j73w Ansible exposes sensitive data in log files and on the terminal
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4072-1 Ansible vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02647}

epss

{'score': 0.02523}