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CVE-2014-4658
The vault subsystem in Ansible before 1.5.5 does not set the umask before creation or modification of a vault file, which allows local…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.42%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The vault subsystem in Ansible before 1.5.5 does not set the umask before creation or modification of a vault file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading a file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansibleGHSA-5g4v-2pc6-4hh4 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 68233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5g4v-2pc6-4hh4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .