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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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