CVE-2017-7550: red hat, inc. ansible
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-7550 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in red hat, inc. ansible. EPSS estimates a 3.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 4% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10Timeline
- 21-11-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in the way Ansible (2.3.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1) passed certain parameters to the jenkins_plugin module. Remote attackers could use this flaw to expose sensitive information from a remote host's logs. This flaw was fixed by not allowing passwords to be specified in the "params" argument, and noting this in the module documentation.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 5 sources · 4 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
3.56%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
89%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.56% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat4 products
- ansible≥ 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 | ≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.1
- enterprise_linux_server7.0
- ansible< 0:2.4.0.0-5.el7
- ansible-doc< 0:2.4.0.0-5.el7
Mageia2 products
- ansible< 2.4.1.0-1.1.mga5
- ansible< 2.4.1.0-1.1.mga6
Debian1 product
- ansible< 2.4.2.0+dfsg-1
PyPI1 product
- ansible≥ 2.3.0.0, < 2.3.3.0 | ≥ 2.4.0.0, < 2.4.1.0
Red hat, inc.1 product
- ansible2.3.x before 2.3.3, 2.4.x before 2.4.1
Suse1 product
- ansible&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7< 2.2.3.0-9.1
Ubuntu1 product
- ansible< 2.5.1+dfsg-1
7 vendors · 11 products
References
22 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473645X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryWEBREPORT
- github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/30874X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryWEBREPORT
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2966Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryWEBAdvisory
Show all 22 references
- github.com/ansible/ansiblePACKAGE