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Medium ALAS2023-2025-846 1 CVE

Moderate: ansible-core security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Feb 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 21, 2025

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-8775: A flaw was found in Ansible, where sensitive information stored in Ansible Vault files can be exposed in plaintext during the execution of a playbook. This occurs when using tasks such as include_vars to load vaulted variables without setting the no_log: true parameter, resulting in sensitive data being printed in the playbook output or logs. This can lead to the unintentional disclosure of secrets like passwords or API keys, compromising security and potentially allowing unauthorized access or actions.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 ansible-core 0:2.15.3-1.amzn2023.0.8
Amazon Linux · 2023 ansible-test 0:2.15.3-1.amzn2023.0.8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-8775.html