CVE-2025-2877

Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform's Event-Driven Ansible. In configurations where verbosity is set to "debug", inventory passwords are exposed in plain text when starting a rulebook activation. This issue exists for any "debug" action in a rulebook and also affects Event Streams.

Statement

This flaw is rated as Important since it may potentially expose cleartext passwords to the user who started the Activation and to any user who has been granted privileges to observe the Activation.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score6.5N/AN/A
Attack VectorNetworkN/AN/A
Attack ComplexityLowN/AN/A
Privileges RequiredLowN/AN/A
User InteractionNoneN/AN/A
ScopeUnchangedN/AN/A
ConfidentialityHighN/AN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneN/AN/A
Availability ImpactNoneN/AN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-1295

Confidentiality,Integrity,Availability,Access Control,Accountability,Authentication,Authorization,Non-Repudiation

Technical Impact: Read Memory; Bypass Protection Mechanism; Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Varies by Context

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