CVE-2018-10855
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
54 explicit affected versions
16 explicit affected versions
10 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
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.
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1949
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2022
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2079
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2184
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10855
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwcc-j78w-j73w
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-42.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10855
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1