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High RHSA-2018:2585 3 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: ansible security update

Published Sep 18, 2024 · Updated Jul 1, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · OpenStack 13 openstack:13::el7 ansible 0:2.4.6.0-1.el7ae

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2018-10874

    Ansible Improper Input Validation vulnerability

    In ansible it was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result.

    [UNKNOWN] ansible ansible ansible Debian Ubuntu PyPI
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2018-10875

    Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution

    A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

    [UNKNOWN] ansible ansible ansible Debian Ubuntu Alpine PyPI
  • Medium 5.9
    CVE-2018-10855

    Ansible exposes sensitive data in log files and on the terminal

    Ansible 2.5 prior to 2.5.5, and 2.4 prior to 2.4.5, do not honor the no_log task flag for failed tasks. When the no_log flag has been used to protect sensitive data passed to a task from being logged, and that task does not run successfully, Ansible will expo…

    [UNKNOWN] ansible ansible ansible Debian Ubuntu Alpine PyPI

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588855
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596528
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596533
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_2585.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10855
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10855
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10855
  • article
    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41414
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10874
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10874
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10874
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10875
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10875
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10875