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🛡️ CVE-2024-0690 — ansible

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-117 NVD
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Description

Ansible-core information disclosure flaw

An information disclosure flaw was found in ansible-core due to a failure to respect the ANSIBLE_NO_LOG configuration in some scenarios. It was discovered that information is still included in the output in certain tasks, such as loop items. Depending on the task, this issue may include sensitive information, such as decrypted secret values.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-0690 is classified as CWE-117: Improper Output Neutralization for Logs. The product constructs a log message from external input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements when the message is written to a log file.

Affected software

CVE-2024-0690 is recorded against 7 packages.

  • ansible (from 2.16.0 up to 2.16.3)
  • ansible-automation-platform
  • ansible-core (from 2.16.0 up to 2.16.3)
  • ansible-developer
  • ansible-inside
  • enterprise-linux
  • fedora

Timeline and source

Published on 6 February 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

ansible has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-117: Improper Output Neutralization for Logs) in other software:

CVE-2024-0690 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-117
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-02-06
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ansible 2.16.0 2.16.3
ansible-automation-platform
ansible-core 2.16.0 2.16.3
ansible-developer
ansible-inside
enterprise-linux
fedora

References

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