CVE-2018-10855

NameCVE-2018-10855
DescriptionAnsible 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4396-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ansible (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u3fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2.2.1.0-2+deb9u3fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie10.5.0+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ansiblesourcejessie(not affected)
ansiblesourcestretch2.2.1.0-2+deb9u1DSA-4396-1
ansiblesource(unstable)2.5.5+dfsg-1low

Notes

[jessie] - ansible <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41414
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588855

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