GHSA-5g4v-2pc6-4hh4

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    GHSA-5g4v-2pc6-4hh4

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 17 Feb 2025

    Summary: Ansible Sensitive Files Are Locally Readable

    Details: The vault subsystem in Ansible before 1.5.5 does not set the umask before creation or modification of a vault file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading a file.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4658, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/a0e027fe362fbc209dbeff2f72d6e95f39885c69, https://github.com/ansible/ansible, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-200.yaml, https://web.archive.org/web/20210120133853/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68233

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ansible

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.5

    Affected versions

    1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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