CVE-2014-4658
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.05%Ansible Sensitive Files Are Locally Readable
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.5.5+dfsg-1
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.5.5
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.5.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4658
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4658
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/a0e027fe362fbc209dbeff2f72d6e95f39885c69
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-200.yaml
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210120133853/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68233
- WEBhttps://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68233