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CVE-2020-1753

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 16, 2020 at 02:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:02 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraAnsible Tower

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
10.0
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
303132
Ansible Engine· Red Hat
95%
v < 2.7.182.8.0 ≤ v < 2.8.112.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.7
Affected range stops below 2.7.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ansible Tower· Red Hatrpm
95%
v ≤ 3.3.43.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.4.53.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.5.53.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.6.3
Ansible· Red Hat
60%
v < 2.7.17v < 2.8.11v < 2.9.7
Affected range stops below 2.7.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (7)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1753
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/pull/51
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKPA4KC3OJSUFASUYMG66HKJE7ADNGFW/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQVOQD4VAIXXTVQAJKTN7NUGTJFE2PCB/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-214CWE-532

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