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TI-2020-01689 Aliases CVE-2020-1746GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4

Information disclosure in Red Hat ansible

Priority LOW 23CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 9 fixed, 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when the ldap_attr and ldap_entry community modules are used. The issue discloses the LDAP bind password to stdout or a log file if a playbook task is written using the bind_pw in the parameters field. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data confidentiality.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0039 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial ansible (PyPI): 2.8.11, 2.9.7, 2.7.17Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 9 fixed, 5 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 versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17; ansible-engine versions 2.8.x before 2.8.11; ansible-engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.7; Ansible Tower <= 3.4.5; Ansible Tower <= 3.5.5; Ansible Tower <= 3.6.3—No fix listedCNA
—ansible (PyPI)2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.112.8.11Patch availableGHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4
—ansible (PyPI)2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.72.9.7Patch availableGHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4
—ansible (PyPI)2.7.0a1 to before 2.7.172.7.17Patch availableGHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4
  • ansible VendorRed Hat Affected ansible-engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17; ansible-engine versions 2.8.x before 2.8.11; ansible-engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.7; Ansible Tower <= 3.4.5; Ansible Tower <= 3.5.5; Ansible Tower <= 3.6.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.11 Fixed in 2.8.11 Patch available GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.7 Fixed in 2.9.7 Patch available GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0a1 to before 2.7.17 Fixed in 2.7.17 Patch available GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.0 to before 2.7.17; 2.8.0 to before 2.8.11; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.7VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.4.0 – 3.4.5; 3.5.0 – 3.5.5; 3.6.0 – 3.6.3VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.0 to before 2.7.17; 2.8.0 to before 2.8.11; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.7 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.4.0 – 3.4.5; 3.5.0 – 3.5.5; 3.6.0 – 3.6.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4 ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.11 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4 ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.9.7 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4 ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.17 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:1543 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.8.11)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.8.11-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.8.11-1.el8ae
  • RHSA-2020:1544 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.7.17)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.7.17-1.el7ae
  • RHSA-2020:1542 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.7)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible-2.9.7-1.el7ae, ansible-test-2.9.7-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.9.7-1.el8ae, ansible-test-2.9.7-1.el8ae
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  • RHSA-2020:1541 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.7)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.9.7-1.el7ae, ansible-test-2.9.7-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.9.7-1.el8ae, ansible-test-2.9.7-1.el8ae

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2020:1542
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2020:1542
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:1544
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:1543
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2020:1543
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:1541
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2020:1541
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—
Not affected: 1 product
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1746
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 5

  • 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
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