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CVE-2014-4660

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4660 describes a vulnerability in Ansible versions prior to 1.5.5, where it could inadvertently expose sensitive credential information. This occurs when Ansible constructs filenames from 'deb' lines in 'sources.list' that contain embedded user and password fields, potentially allowing local users to access these credentials. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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 (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 1.5.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-5xm4-jmpw-p6j3medium

Ansible discloses credential information

May 17, 2022

References

github.com / ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
Release Notes
github.com / ansible/ansible/commit/c4b5e46054c74176b2446c82d4df1a2610eddc08
Patch
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2014-4660
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/19
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/68231
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry