What is CVE-2019-14846?

CVE-2019-14846 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian_linux, classified under Improper Output Neutralization for Logs. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-10-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-14846?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-14846 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Debian Debian_linux

CVE-2019-14846

In Ansible, all Ansible Engine versions up to ansible-engine 2.8.5, ansible-engine 2.7.13, ansible-engine 2.6.19, were logging at the DEBUG level which lead to a disclosure of credentials if a plugin used a library that logged credentials…

EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
Opensuse Backports_sle — versions 15.0
Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
Red Hat Ansible — versions all ansible_engine-2.x and ansible_engine-3.x up to ansible_engine-3.5
Redhat Ansible_engine — versions 2.0, 2.8.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 7.0, 8.0
Redhat Openstack — versions 13

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

n0-traces/cve_

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14846?: CVE-2019-14846 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian_linux, classified under Improper Output Neutralization for Logs. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-10-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-14846?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-14846 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.