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TI-2020-01696 Aliases CVE-2020-1753GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv

Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible

Priority LOW 25CWE-200Published · 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: 9 fixed, 2 without a fix

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

Summary

A security flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17, all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.11 and all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7, when managing kubernetes using the k8s module. Sensitive parameters such as passwords and tokens are passed to kubectl from the command line, not using an environment variable or an input configuration file. This will disclose passwords and tokens from process list and no_log directive from debug module would not have any effect making these secrets being disclosed on stdout and log files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00506 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial ansible (PyPI): 2.7.18, 2.8.12, 2.9.7Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 9 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatAnsibleall Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17; all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.11; all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7—No fix listedCNA
—ansible (PyPI)2.7.0a1 to before 2.7.182.7.18Patch availableGHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv
—ansible (PyPI)2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.122.8.12Patch availableGHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv
—ansible (PyPI)2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.72.9.7Patch availableGHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv
  • Ansible VendorRed Hat Affected all Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17; all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.11; all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0a1 to before 2.7.18 Fixed in 2.7.18 Patch available GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.12 Fixed in 2.8.12 Patch available GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.7 Fixed in 2.9.7 Patch available GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.7.18; 2.8.0 to before 2.8.11; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.7VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.3.4; 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:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*30VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*31VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*32VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.7.18; 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 up to 3.3.4; 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
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 30 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 31 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 32 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.18 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.12 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.9.7 Advisory →

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:2142 Released 2020-05-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.7.18)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.7.18-1.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
  • 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

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — FEDORA-2020-3990f03ba3

    4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW

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  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — FEDORA-2020-f80154b5b4

    4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

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  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — FEDORA-2020-1b6ce91e37

    4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
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 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-2020:2142
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8Fixed—
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: 3 products
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
  • Red Hat Storage 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1753
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 8

Other 9

  • 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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