Community.general: community.general keyring_info — os keyring passphrase returned in plaintext
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | affected | — |
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Vendor Workaround
A workaround is available: set `no_log: true` on any Ansible task that invokes the community.general keyring_info module so the passphrase returned by the module is masked in playbook output, registered results, and logs. Additionally, avoid displaying or registering the module result in debug tasks, and review fact-caching backends and centralized job-log storage (such as AWX/Ansible Tower) for retained module results containing the passphrase. The companion keyring (write-side) module is not affected.
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.161% probability within 30 days)
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| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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| Description | Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Issue: The module retrieves a passphrase from the OS native keyring (GNOME Keyring, macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager) and places it directly into result["passphrase"] with no output suppression, no no_log protection, and no documentation warning. Root Cause: Line 105 (protected): keyring_password=dict(type="str", required=True, no_log=True) Line 127 (NOT protected): result["passphrase"] = passphrase Observed Output: { "changed": false, "passphrase": "MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret" } Visible via register + debug: { "keyring_result": { "changed": false, "passphrase": "MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret" } } Impact: Master passwords, SSH key passphrases and service credentials appear in all Ansible output register: keyring_result followed by debug: var=keyring_result prints passphrase in full Ansible fact caching backends (Redis, JSON file, memcached) may persist the passphrase AWX/Tower job logs silently store the live credential Fix: module.exit_json(changed=False, passphrase=passphrase, _ansible_no_log=True) Also add a documentation warning requiring callers to use no_log: true at the task level. PoCs Fig 1: PoC execution showing passphrase in plaintext output Fig 2: Source code showing no_log=True on input (line 105) vs unprotected output (line 127) | |
| Title | Community.general: community.general keyring_info — os keyring passphrase returned in plaintext | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-532 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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cvssV3_1
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