Red Hat Ansible Engine Check Mode neutralization for logs

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Ansible Engine. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Check Mode Handler. Such manipulation leads to neutralization for logs. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-14332. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Ansible Engine (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Check Mode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a neutralization for logs vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-117. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes output that is written to logs. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when using module_args. Tasks executed with check mode (--check-mode) do not properly neutralize sensitive data exposed in the event data. This flaw allows unauthorized users to read this data. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

The weakness was released 09/11/2020 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-14332 since 06/17/2020. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/17/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 250206 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14332), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (250206). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Neutralization for logs
CWE: CWE-117 / CWE-116 / CWE-74
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 250206
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14332

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Timelineinfo

06/17/2020 🔍
09/11/2020 +86 days 🔍
09/12/2020 +1 days 🔍
08/17/2025 +1799 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-14332 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-14332
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161156

Entryinfo

Created: 09/12/2020 07:44
Updated: 08/17/2025 01:34
Changes: 09/12/2020 07:44 (36), 09/12/2020 07:49 (11), 08/22/2022 09:49 (2), 08/17/2025 01:34 (16)
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