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CVE-2018-16876

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16876 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Ansible versions prior to 2.5.14, 2.6.11, and 2.7.5, impacting distributions like Canonical, Debian, Red Hat, and SUSE. This flaw allows for the leakage of sensitive data when Ansible is run in vvv+ mode with no_log enabled. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), exploitation requires low privileges and high attack complexity, but can lead to a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.1LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0246 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 (34)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.5.14
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.7.5
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.6.11
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.7.5-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.7.5-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.11-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: openstack-ec2-api-0:6.0.1-0.20181123223255.1e25260.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: openstack-manila-1:6.0.2-5.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: openstack-selinux-0:0.8.17-2.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: openstack-tempest-1:18.0.0-6.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: os-apply-config-0:8.3.1-0.20180831234255.be699ba.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: python-barbicanclient-0:4.6.0-2.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: python-docker-0:2.4.2-2.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: python-novajoin-0:1.0.22-1.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: python-openstackclient-0:3.14.3-2.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: python-openstacksdk-0:0.11.3-2.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: python-vmware-nsxlib-0:12.0.4-3.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: rhosp-release-0:13.0.5-1.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky)Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.11-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: python-heat-tests-tempest-0:0.1.1-0.20180514163845.9d99219.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.5 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.5.14-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.11-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 2Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: ansible

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-j569-fghw-f9rxhigh

Ansible sensitive information disclosure

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2018-16876Moderate

ansible: Information disclosure in vvv+ mode with no_log on

Dec 7, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3835
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3836
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3837
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3838
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0564
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0590
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ansible/ansible/pull/49569
PatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4072-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4396
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106225
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry