Input validation error in Ansible - CVE-2019-10206

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Input validation error in Ansible - CVE-2019-10206

Published: November 22, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30585
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10206
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Ansible

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools, all versions 2.8.x before 2.8.4, all 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and all 2.6.x before 2.6.19, prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they could contain special characters. Passwords should be wrapped to prevent templates trigger and exposing them.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-10206

Install update from vendor's website.

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