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CVE-2019-14864 json

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files and Improper Output Neutralization for Logs in Ansible

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-3m93-m4q6-mc6v , PYSEC-2020-160 , EUVD-2020-0007

cvss
5.7
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Ansible, versions 2.9.x before 2.9.1, 2.8.x before 2.8.7 and Ansible versions 2.7.x before 2.7.15, is not respecting the flag no_log set it to True when Sumologic and Splunk callback plugins are used send tasks results events to collectors. This would discloses and collects any sensitive data.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.7.15, 2.8.7, 2.9.1
  • redhat ansible 2.7.15, 2.8.7, 2.9.1
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.2+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14864

  • ansible ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.1-1.el7
  • ansible ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.1-1.el8
  • ansible-test ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.1-1.el7
  • ansible-test ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.1-1.el8
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8 2.8.7-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8 2.8.7-1.el8ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.7 2.7.15-1.el7ae

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3928RHSA-2019:3927RHSA-2019:3926RHSA-2019:3925

  • 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 2.9.6-bp151.3.6.1
  • ansible openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.9.6-lp151.2.7.1

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 3.10 2.8.8-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.9 2.7.16-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-14864

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14864 updated cvss 5.7

Ansible: Splunk and Sumologic callback plugins leak sensitive data in logs

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ansible
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) 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 2.9.1-1.el7, ansible-test 2.9.1-1.el7 Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.9.1-1.el8, ansible-test 2.9.1-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3928
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.7.15-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3925
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.8.7-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.8.7-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3926
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.9.1-1.el7, ansible-test 2.9.1-1.el7 Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.9.1-1.el8, ansible-test 2.9.1-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3927
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  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ansible Red Hat Ansible Tower 3 ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63522 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
>=2.7.0a1, <2.7.15
>=2.8.0a1, <2.8.7
>=2.9.0a1, <2.9.1
>=2.7.0, <2.7.15
>=2.8.0, <2.8.7
>=2.9.0, <2.9.1
2.7.15
2.8.7
2.9.1

Affected products

  • Red Hat Ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-117 Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

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