CVE-2024-0690
Ansible-core: possible information leak in tasks that ignore ansible_no_log configuration
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
An information disclosure flaw was found in ansible-core due to a failure to respect the ANSIBLE_NO_LOG configuration in some scenarios. Information is still included in the output in certain tasks, such as loop items. Depending on the task, this issue may include sensitive information, such as decrypted secret values.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| 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)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
ansible
- affected 2.14.0 – < 2.14.4
- affected 2.15.0 – < 2.15.9
- affected 2.16.0 – < 2.16.3
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 1:2.15.9-1.el8ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 1:2.15.9-1.el8ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 1:2.15.9-1.el8ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 1:2.15.9-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 1:2.15.9-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 1:2.15.9-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:2.16.3-2.el8 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 1:2.14.14-1.el9 – < *
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansible-coreGHSA-h24r-m9qc-pvpg (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: Explicitly setting 'no_log' within the playbook will prevent the output from containing potentially sensitive information.
References (9)
- RHSA-2024:0733 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2246 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:3043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0690 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2259013 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82565 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0001/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZQGCRDSZL7ONCULMB6ZUHOE4L44KIBP/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VDYSWOCPZMNRU5LWKIEBW4WGWLMTU7WQ/ (opens in a new tab)
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-h24r-m9qc-pvpg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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