CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-1753

MEDIUM
5.0
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ansibleDebian
Fixed in:2.9.16+dfsg-1CVE-2020-1753
Fixed in:2.9.16+dfsg-1CVE-2020-1753
Fixed in:2.9.16+dfsg-1CVE-2020-1753
Fixed in:2.9.16+dfsg-1CVE-2020-1753

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.51%probability of exploitation in 30 days
39thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 39% of all known CVEs.

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