CVE-2024-8775Ansible-core: exposure of sensitive information in ansible vault files due to improper logging

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible, where sensitive information stored in Ansible Vault files can be exposed in plaintext during the execution of a playbook. This occurs when using tasks such as include_vars to load vaulted variables without setting the no_log: true parameter, resulting in sensitive data being printed in the playbook output or logs. This can lead to the unintentional disclosure of secrets like passwords or API keys, compromising security and potentially allowing unauthorized access or actions.

Timeline

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Affected products

• ansible-core

  • affected 1.0.0 – ≤ 2.17.4

• Red Hat · Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments

  • unaffected 1.2.0-91 – < *

• Red Hat · Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments

  • unaffected 3.0.1-95 – < *

• Red Hat · Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments

  • unaffected 2.9.27-32 – < *

• Red Hat · Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments

  • unaffected 2.12.10-54 – < *

• Red Hat · Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments

  • unaffected 2.15.12-17 – < *

• Red Hat · Discovery 1 for RHEL 9

  • unaffected 1.12.0-1 – < *

• Red Hat · Discovery 1 for RHEL 9

  • unaffected 1.12.0-1 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

  • unaffected 1:2.15.13-1.el8ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

  • unaffected 1:2.15.13-1.el8ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

  • unaffected 1:2.15.13-1.el8ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

  • unaffected 1:2.15.13-1.el9ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

  • unaffected 1:2.15.13-1.el9ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

  • unaffected 1:2.15.13-1.el9ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

  • unaffected 1:2.16.13-1.el8ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

  • unaffected 1:2.16.13-1.el8ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

  • unaffected 1:2.16.13-1.el8ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

  • unaffected 1:2.16.13-1.el9ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

  • unaffected 1:2.16.13-1.el9ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

  • unaffected 1:2.16.13-1.el9ap – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

  All versions: affected

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  All versions: affected

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  All versions: unaffected

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)

  All versions: affected

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• PyPIansible-coreGHSA-jpxc-vmjf-9fcj (opens in a new tab)

What to do

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

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• EUVD EUVD-2024-2826 (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-jpxc-vmjf-9fcj (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 5 Nov 2026, 14:44 UTC.