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High DLA-2202-1 4 CVEs

ansible - security update

Published May 5, 2020 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 8 ansible 1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u3

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 7.3

    Ansible Uses Plugins That Disclose Credentials

    In Ansible, all Ansible Engine versions up to ansible-engine 2.8.5, ansible-engine 2.7.13, ansible-engine 2.6.19, were logging at the DEBUG level which lead to a disclosure of credentials if a plugin used a library that logged credentials at the DEBUG level. …

  • Medium 5.0

    Ansible vulnerable to Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere and Insecure Temporary File

    A race condition flaw was found in Ansible Engine 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, 2.9.6 and prior when running a playbook with an unprivileged become user. When Ansible needs to run a module with become user, the temporary directory is created in /var/tmp.…

  • Low 3.9

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Ansible

    A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of svn module, it is used on svn command line, disclosing to other users within the same node. An attacker could take advant…

  • Low 3.9

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor and Insecure Temporary File in Ansible

    A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when using Ansible Vault for editing encrypted files. When a user executes "ansible-vault edit", another user on the same computer can read the old and new secret, as it is created in a temporary file with mkstemp and the re…