Information disclosure in Red Hat, Inc. Ansible
CVE-2017-7550
A flaw was found in the way Ansible (2.3.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1) passed certain parameters to the jenkins_plugin module. Remote attackers could use this flaw to expose sensitive information from a remote host's logs. This flaw was fixed by not allowing passwords to be specified in the "params" argument, and noting this in the module documentation.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat, Inc. Ansible — versions 2.3.x before 2.3.3, 2.4.x before 2.4.1
- Red Hat Ansible
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/30874 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2966 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7550?
- CVE-2017-7550 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Ansible, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-21.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7550?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.