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CVE-2020-1753 — Redhat Ansible Engine security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

A security flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17, all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.11 and all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7, when managing kubernetes using the k8s module. Sensitive parameters such as passwords and tokens are passed to kubectl from the command line, not using an environment variable or an input configuration file. This will disclose passwords and tokens from process list and no_log directive from debug module would not have any effect making these secrets being disclosed on stdout and log files.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2020-03-16
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-214, CWE-532

Affected products

  • redhat / ansible_engine
  • redhat / ansible_tower
  • debian / debian_linux / 10.0
  • fedoraproject / fedora / 30
  • fedoraproject / fedora / 31
  • fedoraproject / fedora / 32

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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