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TI-2019-11062 Aliases CVE-2019-14858GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp

Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat Ansible

Priority LOW 25CWE-117Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 7 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-532.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Ansible engine 2.x up to 2.8 and Ansible tower 3.x up to 3.5. When a module has an argument_spec with sub parameters marked as no_log, passing an invalid parameter name to the module will cause the task to fail before the no_log options in the sub parameters are processed. As a result, data in the sub parameter fields will not be masked and will be displayed if Ansible is run with increased verbosity and present in the module invocation arguments for the task.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00424 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial ansible (PyPI): 2.9.0rc4, 2.8.6, 2.7.14 +1Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 8 fixed, 7 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatAnsibleansible_engine-2.x up to 2.8; ansible_tower-3.x up to 3.5—No fix listedCNA
—ansible (PyPI)2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.0rc42.9.0rc4Patch availableGHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp
—ansible (PyPI)2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.62.8.6Patch availableGHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp
—ansible (PyPI)2.7.0a1 to before 2.7.142.7.14Patch availableGHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp
—ansible (PyPI)2.0 to before 2.6.202.6.20Patch availableGHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp
  • Ansible VendorRed Hat Affected ansible_engine-2.x up to 2.8; ansible_tower-3.x up to 3.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.0rc4 Fixed in 2.9.0rc4 Patch available GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.6 Fixed in 2.8.6 Patch available GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0a1 to before 2.7.14 Fixed in 2.7.14 Patch available GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.0 to before 2.6.20 Fixed in 2.6.20 Patch available GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0 – 2.8.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0 – 3.5.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 – 2.8.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 – 3.5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.9.0rc4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.14 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.6.20 Advisory →

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:0756 Released 2020-03-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ansible security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 ansible-2.6.20-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Server ansible-2.6.20-1.el7ae
  • RHSA-2019:3201 Released 2019-10-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security update
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.6.20-1.el7ae
  • RHSA-2019:3203 Released 2019-10-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.8.6-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.8.6-1.el8ae
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2019:3207 Released 2019-10-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible-2.8.6-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.8.6-1.el8ae
  • RHSA-2019:3202 Released 2019-10-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.7.14-1.el7ae

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — RHSA-2019:3201

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11051 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat AnsiblePriority LOW 35
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — RHSA-2019:3202

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11051 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat AnsiblePriority LOW 35
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
Show 2 more groups
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — RHSA-2019:3203

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11051 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat AnsiblePriority LOW 35
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — RHSA-2019:3207

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11051 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat AnsiblePriority LOW 35
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Satellite 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2019:3207
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2019:3207
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2019:3201
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2019:3202
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2019:3203
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2019:3203
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0Fixed RHSA-2020:0756
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS ServerFixed RHSA-2020:0756
Not affected: 1 product
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14858
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h653-95qw-h2mp

References

Advisory 9

Other 7

  • TI-2018-05593 transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05127 Improper input validation in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-03523 Information disclosure in ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-11051 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat Ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-07689 Untrusted search path in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-07688 Untrusted search path in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
See all 24 →

Sources

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