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CVE-2019-10206

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10206 describes a password exposure vulnerability affecting ansible-playbook -k and other Ansible CLI tools across versions 2.8.x (before 2.8.4), 2.7.x (before 2.7.13), and 2.6.x (before 2.6.19), impacting Debian, openSUSE, and Red Hat distributions. The vulnerability allows passwords containing special characters to be expanded from templates, potentially exposing them if not properly wrapped. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this issue presents a high confidentiality impact with low attack complexity, requiring low privileges and no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.7.13
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.6.19
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.8.4
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.8.4-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.8.4-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.7.13-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.8.4-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.8.4-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky)Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: ansible

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-cqmr-rcpr-cxh3high

Ansible password prompts could expose passwords

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-10206Moderate

Ansible: disclosure data when prompted for password and template characters are passed

Jul 24, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4950
Third Party Advisory