{"cve":"CVE-2020-1753","nvd":{"published":"2020-03-16T15:15:13.333","modified":"2026-06-17T03:02:20.140","status":"Modified","description":"A security flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17, all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.11 and all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7, when managing kubernetes using the k8s module. Sensitive parameters such as passwords and tokens are passed to kubectl from the command line, not using an environment variable or an input configuration file. This will disclose passwords and tokens from process list and no_log directive from debug module would not have any effect making these secrets being disclosed on stdout and log files.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-200","CWE-214","CWE-532"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1753","https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/pull/51","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKPA4KC3OJSUFASUYMG66HKJE7ADNGFW/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQVOQD4VAIXXTVQAJKTN7NUGTJFE2PCB/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","redhat:ansible_engine","redhat:ansible_tower"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:03:08.679916934+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-1753","score":0.0051,"percentile":0.4353,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-86hp-cj9j-33vv","summary":"Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File, Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information, and \tExposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Ansible","modified":"2024-09-09T21:31:13.734920Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":[">=2.7.0a1 <2.7.18"],"fixed":["2.7.18"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":[">=2.8.0a1 <2.8.12"],"fixed":["2.8.12"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":[">=2.9.0a1 <2.9.7"],"fixed":["2.9.7"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2020-210","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-210","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T04:02:42.821758Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<2.7.18",">=2.8.0 <2.8.11",">=2.9.0 <2.9.7"],"fixed":["2.7.18","2.8.11","2.9.7"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}