CVE-2019-14846

In Ansible, all Ansible Engine versions up to ansible-engine 2.8.5, ansible-engine 2.7.13, ansible-engine 2.6.19, were logging at the DEBUG level which lead to a disclosure of credentials if a plugin used a library that logged credentials at the DEBUG level. This flaw does not affect Ansible modules, as those are executed in a separate process.

Published: 2019-10-08 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-14846 is rated Moderate Risk (45.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.51%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-14846

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.13% 0.51% +0.38%
2 2026-04-14 0.15% 0.13% -0.03%
3 2026-01-17 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-14846

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.3 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.3 5.9 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-14846

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-14846

GHSA-pm48-cvv2-29q5 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Ansible Uses Plugins That Disclose Credentials

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-14846

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-14846: 2 source package rows (ansible, ansible-base); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-14846
debian low CVE-2019-14846 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ansible), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14846
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14846
suse low CVE-2019-14846 severity low: SUSE including 125 source package names (ansible, ansible-10-10.6.0-1.1, …), 264 product×package rows across 17 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, HPE Helion OpenStack Cloud 8, … (17 product lines)): Fixed 252, Known Not Affected 12. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14846/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-14846 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ansible), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 10, released 4, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14846

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-14846

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat ansible_engine < 2.6.20 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse backports_sle 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 13 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine 2.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-14846

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3201 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3202 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3203 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3207 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0756 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14846 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63366 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 Third Party Advisory
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