CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-11819

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Ansible keyring_info module leaks a passphrase from the OS native keyring (GNOME Keyring, macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager) into task results because the 'passphrase' output field lacks no_log protection. The passphrase is visible in logs, debug output, and fact caches.

Risk Assessment

The organization risks exposure of master passwords, SSH key passphrases, and service credentials in Ansible logs, AWX/Tower job logs, and fact cache backends, potentially leading to unauthorized access.

Recommendation

Immediately update the keyring_info module to a patched version that adds _ansible_no_log=True to the output, and add no_log: true at the task level in playbooks using this module.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Issue: The module retrieves a passphrase from the OS native keyring (GNOME Keyring, macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager) and places it directly into result["passphrase"] with no output suppression, no no_log protection, and no documentation warning. Root Cause: Line 105 (protected): keyring_password=dict(type="str", required=True, no_log=True) Line 127 (NOT protected): result["passphrase"] = passphrase Observed Output: { "changed": false, "passphrase": "MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret" } Visible via register + debug: { "keyring_result": { "changed": false, "passphrase": "MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret" } } Impact: Master passwords, SSH key passphrases and service credentials appear in all Ansible output register: keyring_result followed by debug: var=keyring_result prints passphrase in full Ansible fact caching backends (Redis, JSON file, memcached) may persist the passphrase AWX/Tower job logs silently store the live credential Fix: module.exit_json(changed=False, passphrase=passphrase, _ansible_no_log=True) Also add a documentation warning requiring callers to use no_log: true at the task level. PoCs Fig 1: PoC execution showing passphrase in plaintext output Fig 2: Source code showing no_log=True on input (line 105) vs unprotected output (line 127)

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