CVE-2017-7550: Ansible Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability

CVE-2017-7550 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2017-11-21

A flaw was found in the way Ansible (2.3.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1) passed certain parameters to the jenkins_plugin module. Remote attackers could use this flaw to expose sensitive information from a remote host's logs. This flaw was fixed by not allowing passwords to be specified in the "params" argument, and noting this in the module documentation.

Technologies: ansible (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2017-7550 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2017-7550 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2017-7550?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 21 November 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
ansible (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.3.0.0,fixed=2.3.3.0,introduced=2.4.0.0,fixed=2.4.1.0, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.4.0.0,fixed=2.4.1.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2017-7550?
Yes. ansible (PyPI): upgrade to 2.4.1.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2017-7550?
Check whether you run ansible (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • ansible (PyPI): upgrade to 2.4.1.0 or later
    pip install "ansible>=2.4.1.0"

Affected products

  • ansible (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.3.0.0,fixed=2.3.3.0,introduced=2.4.0.0,fixed=2.4.1.0, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.4.0.0,fixed=2.4.1.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2017-7550
  • GHSA-588w-w6mv-3cw5
  • PYSEC-2017-4

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