CVE-2020-1746
lowpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.9–5
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affected products (40)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-2472Ansible Tower: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2020-05-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible Tower ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-j2h6-73x8-22c4Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in ansible2021-04-20ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2020-132020-05-12vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (16)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-1746cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1746cnnvd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/67866cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1746cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157357/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-1543-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Ansible-Core-privilege-escalation-via-ldap-attr-ldap-entry-32052cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1407/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2663cnnvd
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