6.5

CVE-2019-10206: debian debian_linux Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2019-10206SUSE-SU-2019:2274-1GHSA-cqmr-rcpr-cxh3
Published 22-11-2019Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-10206 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.52%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 16 · Related 9
DLA-3695-1DSA-4950-1MGASA-2019-0309OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0513-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0523-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1

Timeline

  1. 22-11-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools, all versions 2.8.x before 2.8.4, all 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and all 2.6.x before 2.6.19, prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they could contain special characters. Passwords should be wrapped to prevent templates trigger and exposing them.

CVSS metrics

11 scores · 7 sources · 4 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.52% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse3 products
  • ansible&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 2.4.6.0-3.6.1
  • ansible&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8< 2.4.6.0-3.6.1
  • ansible&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8< 2.4.6.0-3.6.1
Alpine2 products
  • ansible≥ 2.6.0, < 2.8.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.4.6.0-r1 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.19-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.7.13-r0
  • ansible-base< 2.8.4-r0
Debian2 products
Opensuse2 products
Redhat2 products
  • ansible≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.19 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.13 | ≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.4
  • ansible< 0:2.7.13-1.el7ae | < 0:2.6.19-1.el7ae
PyPI1 product
  • ansible≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.13 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.19 | ≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.4
Red hat1 product
  • ansibleall 2.8.x before 2.8.4 | all 2.7.x before 2.7.13 | all 2.6.x before 2.6.19
Ubuntu1 product
  • ansible< 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm5 | < 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5

8 vendors · 14 products

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