Is CVE-2026-80158 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-80158 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-80158?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 26 August 2026.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-80158?

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-2026-80158 attacked?

It is attacked with local access, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-80158?

Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. 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.

CVE-2026-80158: Ansible community.general ipa_getkeytab password disclosure

CVE-2026-80158 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.5 · Published 2026-08-26

The ipa_getkeytab module in Ansible's community.general collection fails to properly hide the LDAP bind password during execution. This password is exposed in system logs, job output, and process listings where local users can read it, potentially compromising directory access and authenticated accounts. Organizations using this module to retrieve Kerberos keytabs are at risk of credential compromise.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-80158 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-80158 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-80158?: Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 26 August 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Ansible community.general <UNKNOWN>.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-80158?: 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-2026-80158 attacked?: It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-80158?: Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. 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 ipa_getkeytab module in community.general Ansible collection contains a credential disclosure vulnerability (CWE-214) in which the bind_pw parameter lacks the no_log attribute. This causes the LDAP simple-bind password to be recorded in cleartext across multiple locations: system journal/syslog output, module return values, verbose command output, and Automation Controller/AWX job logs. Additionally, the password is exposed on the command line as --bindpw argument to the ipa-getkeytab helper binary, making it visible to local users viewing the process table while the command executes. An authenticated local attacker (privilege required: low) with access to logs or the process list can extract the directory bind credential and potentially compromise IPA/LDAP accounts and resources that credential can access. Fix availability depends on Ansible project's patch release schedule.

Affected products

Ansible community.general <UNKNOWN>

Timeline

2026-08-26: disclosed
other: CVE-2026-80158 assigned

References

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