Description
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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected products
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 – ansible-engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-engine versions 2.8.x before 2.8.11 – ansible-engine versions 2.8.x before 2.8.11
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.7 – ansible-engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.7
- Red Hat / AnsibleAnsible Tower <= 3.4.5 – Ansible Tower <= 3.4.5
- Red Hat / AnsibleAnsible Tower <= 3.5.5 – Ansible Tower <= 3.5.5
- Red Hat / AnsibleAnsible Tower <= 3.6.3 – Ansible Tower <= 3.6.3