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CVE-2014-4658

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4658 describes a vulnerability in Ansible versions prior to 1.5.5 where the vault subsystem fails to set the umask before creating or modifying vault files. This oversight allows local users to read sensitive key information from these files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and privilege requirement, but a high potential for confidentiality impact if exploited locally. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 1.5.5

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-5g4v-2pc6-4hh4medium

Ansible Sensitive Files Are Locally Readable

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-4658Moderate

ansible: incorrect umask mode before creating/editing vault subsystem allows allows exposure of sensitive key information

Apr 18, 2014

References

github.com / ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
Release Notes
securityfocus.com / bid/68233
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry