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The vulnerability in ansible-collection-community-general stems from inadequate sanitization of sensitive data during debug output generation. When Ansible is run with verbose flags (-v, -vv, -vvv) or debug modules, credentials like plaintext passwords in tasks may be printed to console or log files. This occurs because the collection’s code fails to mask sensitive variables before inclusion in verbose messages. Attackers with read access to these logs can extract passwords, especially from tasks involving Keycloak or administrative accounts. The exposure risk increases in automated environments where logs are aggregated and stored. Exploitation requires access to output logs, which might be through insecure log storage or insufficient access controls. Attackers can then parse logs for patterns such as “password=” to harvest credentials. This vulnerability does not require direct access to the Ansible controller, leveraging instead poor logging practices. Mitigation involves avoiding debug modes in production and using secrets management tools, but the flaw persists until patched.
Platform: Ansible Community General
Version: Not specified
Vulnerability: Sensitive info exposure
Severity: Moderate
Date: Dec 4 2025
Prediction: Patch expected soon
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ansible-playbook playbook.yml -vvv
- name: Task with secret community.general.module: password: "plaintext123"
how Exploit:
grep -r "password=" /var/log/ansible/
Access stored logs.
Protection from this CVE
Disable verbose logging.
Use Ansible vault.
Update collection version.
Impact:
Keycloak account compromise.
Unauthorized administrative access.
Data breach potential.
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