CVE-2020-1746
MEDIUMAnsible Engine <2.7.17, 2.8.x <2.8.11, 2.9.x <2.9.7 - Info Disclosure
Title source: llmDescription
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when the ldap_attr and ldap_entry community modules are used. The issue discloses the LDAP bind password to stdout or a log file if a playbook task is written using the bind_pw in the parameters field. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data confidentiality.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1746
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/67866
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
22.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
pypi/ansible
2.8.0a1 - 2.8.11PyPI
redhat/ansible_engine
2.7.0 - 2.7.17
redhat/ansible_tower
3.4.0 - 3.4.5
Published
May 12, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026