# CVE-2026-11819: Ansible community.general plaintext credential disclosure in keyring_info

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-11819-ansible-community-general-plaintext-credential-disclosure-in  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-06-23. Updated: 2026-06-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-11819 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.5 · Published 2026-06-23

A vulnerability in an Ansible module used for retrieving passwords from system keychains causes sensitive passphrases to be printed in plain text within automation logs. This means that master passwords, SSH keys, and other credentials stored in GNOME Keyring, macOS Keychain, or Windows Credential Manager could be exposed to anyone with access to job logs or system caches. This exposure can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive infrastructure and services.

Technologies: [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/enterprise-linux-10), [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/enterprise-linux-8), [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/enterprise-linux-9). Vendors: [Red Hat](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/red-hat).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-11819 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-11819 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-11819?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 23 June 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Ansible community.general v13.0.0; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-11819?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-11819 attacked?** It is attacked with local access, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-11819?** Check whether you run Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 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.

## Technical details

The keyring_info.py module in the Ansible community.general collection (v13.0.0) contains an information disclosure vulnerability (CWE-532). While the module correctly uses no_log=True for input parameters, it fails to apply similar protections to the returned result["passphrase"] field. An attacker with local access to Ansible job logs, fact caches (such as Redis or Memcached), or AWX/Tower history can retrieve sensitive credentials in plaintext. The vulnerability affects systems using GNOME Keyring, macOS Keychain, and Windows Credential Manager. A fix involves setting _ansible_no_log=True in the module's exit_json call and updating documentation to recommend task-level no_log usage.

## Affected products

- Ansible community.general v13.0.0
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

## Timeline

- 2026-06-09: disclosed: Initial report to Red Hat Bugzilla
- 2026-06-23: advisory: NVD and Red Hat published advisory details

## References

- [https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/](https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11819](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11819)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487251](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487251)

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