CVE-2019-14846 is a credential disclosure vulnerability affecting Ansible Engine versions up to 2.8.5, 2.7.13, and 2.6.19, impacting Debian, openSUSE, and Red Hat distributions. The flaw stems from Ansible logging at the DEBUG level, which could expose credentials if a plugin utilized a library that also logged sensitive information at this level. This vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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