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CVE-2018-10855

MEDIUM
Published 2018-07-02T18:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
5.9
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.026
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 2.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.851
Higher than 85.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

Description

Ansible 2.5 prior to 2.5.5, and 2.4 prior to 2.4.5, do not honor the no_log task flag for failed tasks. When the no_log flag has been used to protect sensitive data passed to a task from being logged, and that task does not run successfully, Ansible will expose sensitive data in log files and on the terminal of the user running Ansible.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

ansible

Affected Versions:

Ansible 2.4.5 Ansible 2.5.5

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Ansible exposes sensitive data in log files and on the terminal

GHSA-jwcc-j78w-j73w

Advisory Details

Ansible 2.5 prior to 2.5.5, and 2.4 prior to 2.4.5, do not honor the no_log task flag for failed tasks. When the no_log flag has been used to protect sensitive data passed to a task from being logged, and that task does not run successfully, Ansible will expose sensitive data in log files and on the terminal of the user running Ansible.

Affected Packages

PyPI ansible
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.5.0a1 <2.5.5
PyPI ansible
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.4.0.0 <2.4.5.0

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10855
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1948
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1949
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2022
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2079
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2184
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10855
ADVISORY https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwcc-j78w-j73w
PACKAGE https://github.com/ansible/ansible
WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-42.yaml
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 10, 2018, Modified: November 18, 2024

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1949
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10855
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1948
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2184
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2022
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2079
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
Published: 2018-07-02T18:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T07:46:47.397Z
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