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CVE-2018-16876 json

Ansible sensitive information disclosure

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-j569-fghw-f9rx , PYSEC-2019-141 , EUVD-2019-0002

cvss
3.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ansible before versions 2.5.14, 2.6.11, 2.7.5 is vulnerable to a information disclosure flaw in vvv+ mode with no_log on that can lead to leakage of sensible data.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.5.14, 2.6.11, 2.7.5
  • redhat ansible 2.5.14, 2.6.11, 2.7.5
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.7.6+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16876

  • ansible Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16876

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ansible openstack 14, openstack 13, ansible engine 2.6 2.6.11-1.el7ae
  • python-docker openstack 13 2.4.2-2.el7
  • python-manila openstack 13 1:6.0.2-5.el7ost
  • rhosp-release openstack 13 13.0.5-1.el7ost
  • os-apply-config openstack 13 8.3.1-0.20180831234255.be699ba.el7ost
  • python-novajoin openstack 13 1.0.22-1.el7ost
  • python2-ec2-api openstack 13 6.0.1-0.20181123223255.1e25260.el7ost
  • python2-tempest openstack 13 1:18.0.0-6.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:0590RHSA-2019:0564RHSA-2018:3838RHSA-2018:3837RHSA-2018:3836RHSA-2018:3835

  • storm OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 1.2.3-3.6.1
  • ansible OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • grafana OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 6.7.4-4.12.1
  • ardana-mq OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1593618123.678c32b-3.26.1
  • ardana-nova OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1601298847.dd01585-3.42.1
  • crowbar-core OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1600432272.b3ad722f0-3.44.1
  • python-kombu OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 4.1.0-3.7.1
  • ardana-cinder OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1596129856.263f430-3.43.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1

  • ansible-14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-13 openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.7.0-1.1
  • ansible-12 openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.2.0-1.1
  • ansible-11 openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.11.0-1.1
  • ansible-10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-9 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.8.0-1.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15 SP1 2.8.1-bp151.3.3.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15, Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.1 +1 more 2.8.1-bp150.3.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12447-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10944-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1

  • ansible Alpine 3.12, Alpine 3.11, Alpine 3.10 2.7.9-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.8 2.5.14-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.9 2.7.5-r0
  • ansible-base Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 2.7.9-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-16876

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16876 updated cvss 5.3

ansible: Information disclosure in vvv+ mode with no_log on

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ansible
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ansible Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 ansible Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 ansible Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4 ansible Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5 ansible Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 ansible
    +2 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) ansible
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 ansible
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Storage 3 ansible
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible 2.7.5-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3838
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.5 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.5.14-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3835
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.6.11-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3836
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.7.5-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3837
show 3 more
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 ansible 2.6.11-1.el7ae, python-docker 2.4.2-2.el7, python-manila 6.0.2-5.el7ost, rhosp-release 13.0.5-1.el7ost, openstack-manila 6.0.2-5.el7ost, python-novajoin 1.0.22-1.el7ost, +23 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0564
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 ansible 2.6.11-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0590
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ansible Red Hat Ansible Tower 3 ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 3.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
<2.5.14
>=2.6.0a1, <2.6.11
>=2.7.0a1, <2.7.5
>=2.5.0, <2.5.14
>=2.6.0, <2.6.11
>=2.7.0, <2.7.5
2.5.14
2.6.11
2.7.5

Affected products

  • Red Hat ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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