{"id":"CVE-2026-11819","aliases":["EUVD-2026-38604","GHSA-5x67-m8gc-wm3p"],"status":"published","title":"Community.general: community.general keyring_info — os keyring passphrase returned in plaintext","description":"Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py \n\nCVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N \n\nIssue: 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. \n\nRoot Cause:\n\nLine 105 (protected): keyring_password=dict(type=\"str\", required=True, no_log=True)\nLine 127 (NOT protected): result[\"passphrase\"] = passphrase\n\nObserved Output:\n\n{\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\nVisible via register + debug:\n{\n\"keyring_result\": {\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\n}\n\nImpact: \n\nMaster passwords, SSH key passphrases and service credentials appear in all Ansible output \n\nregister: keyring_result followed by debug: var=keyring_result prints passphrase in full \n\nAnsible fact caching backends (Redis, JSON file, memcached) may persist the passphrase \n\nAWX/Tower job logs silently store the live credential\n\nFix:\n\nmodule.exit_json(changed=False, passphrase=passphrase, _ansible_no_log=True)\n\nAlso add a documentation warning requiring callers to use no_log: true at the task level.\n\nPoCs\n\n\nFig 1: PoC execution showing passphrase in plaintext output\n\n\nFig 2: Source code showing no_log=True on input (line 105) vs unprotected output (line 127)","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00161,"percentile":0.05326,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-532"],"published":"2026-06-23T19:53:17Z","modified":"2026-11-05T16:22:43Z","products":[{"vendor":"red hat","product":"red hat enterprise linux 10"},{"vendor":"red hat","product":"red hat enterprise linux 8"},{"vendor":"red hat","product":"red hat enterprise linux 9"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux"}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11819","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487251","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-11819","tags":["exploit","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11819"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5x67-m8gc-wm3p"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-11819","title":"Community.general: community.general keyring_info — os keyring passphrase returned in plaintext","description":"Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py \n\nCVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N \n\nIssue: 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. \n\nRoot Cause:\n\nLine 105 (protected): keyring_password=dict(type=\"str\", required=True, no_log=True)\nLine 127 (NOT protected): result[\"passphrase\"] = passphrase\n\nObserved Output:\n\n{\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\nVisible via register + debug:\n{\n\"keyring_result\": {\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\n}\n\nImpact: \n\nMaster passwords, SSH key passphrases and service credentials appear in all Ansible output \n\nregister: keyring_result followed by debug: var=keyring_result prints passphrase in full \n\nAnsible fact caching backends (Redis, JSON file, memcached) may persist the passphrase \n\nAWX/Tower job logs silently store the live credential\n\nFix:\n\nmodule.exit_json(changed=False, passphrase=passphrase, _ansible_no_log=True)\n\nAlso add a documentation warning requiring callers to use no_log: true at the task level.\n\nPoCs\n\n\nFig 1: PoC execution showing passphrase in plaintext output\n\n\nFig 2: Source code showing no_log=True on input (line 105) vs unprotected output (line 127)","status":"published","published":"2026-06-23T19:53:17.188Z","modified":"2026-11-05T16:22:43.703Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-532"],"updated_at":"2026-11-05T17:53:58.925122Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-38604","description":"Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py \n\nCVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N \n\nIssue: 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. \n\nRoot Cause:\n\nLine 105 (protected): keyring_password=dict(type=\"str\", required=True, no_log=True)\nLine 127 (NOT protected): result[\"passphrase\"] = passphrase\n\nObserved Output:\n\n{\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\nVisible via register + debug:\n{\n\"keyring_result\": {\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\n}\n\nImpact: \n\nMaster passwords, SSH key passphrases and service credentials appear in all Ansible output \n\nregister: keyring_result followed by debug: var=keyring_result prints passphrase in full \n\nAnsible fact caching backends (Redis, JSON file, memcached) may persist the passphrase \n\nAWX/Tower job logs silently store the live credential\n\nFix:\n\nmodule.exit_json(changed=False, passphrase=passphrase, _ansible_no_log=True)\n\nAlso add a documentation warning requiring callers to use no_log: true at the task level.\n\nPoCs\n\n\nFig 1: PoC execution showing passphrase in plaintext output\n\n\nFig 2: Source code showing no_log=True on input (line 105) vs unprotected output (line 127)","status":"published","published":"2026-06-23T19:53:17Z","modified":"2026-11-05T16:22:43Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-05T18:00:58.377138Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-5x67-m8gc-wm3p","title":"Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py \n\nCVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N...","description":"Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py \n\nCVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N \n\nIssue: 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. \n\nRoot Cause:\n\nLine 105 (protected): keyring_password=dict(type=\"str\", required=True, no_log=True)\nLine 127 (NOT protected): result[\"passphrase\"] = passphrase\n\nObserved Output:\n\n{\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\nVisible via register + debug:\n{\n\"keyring_result\": {\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\n}\n\nImpact: \n\nMaster passwords, SSH key passphrases and service credentials appear in all Ansible output \n\nregister: keyring_result followed by debug: var=keyring_result prints passphrase in full \n\nAnsible fact caching backends (Redis, JSON file, memcached) may persist the passphrase \n\nAWX/Tower job logs silently store the live credential\n\nFix:\n\nmodule.exit_json(changed=False, passphrase=passphrase, _ansible_no_log=True)\n\nAlso add a documentation warning requiring callers to use no_log: true at the task level.\n\nPoCs\n\n\nFig 1: PoC execution showing passphrase in plaintext output\n\n\nFig 2: Source code showing no_log=True on input (line 105) vs unprotected output (line 127)","status":"published","published":"2026-06-23T21:30:31Z","modified":"2026-06-23T21:30:39Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-532"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:08:57.478089Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-11819","description":"Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py \n\nCVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N \n\nIssue: 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. \n\nRoot Cause:\n\nLine 105 (protected): keyring_password=dict(type=\"str\", required=True, no_log=True)\nLine 127 (NOT protected): result[\"passphrase\"] = passphrase\n\nObserved Output:\n\n{\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\nVisible via register + debug:\n{\n\"keyring_result\": {\n\"changed\": false,\n\"passphrase\": \"MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret\"\n}\n}\n\nImpact: \n\nMaster passwords, SSH key passphrases and service credentials appear in all Ansible output \n\nregister: keyring_result followed by debug: var=keyring_result prints passphrase in full \n\nAnsible fact caching backends (Redis, JSON file, memcached) may persist the passphrase \n\nAWX/Tower job logs silently store the live credential\n\nFix:\n\nmodule.exit_json(changed=False, passphrase=passphrase, _ansible_no_log=True)\n\nAlso add a documentation warning requiring callers to use no_log: true at the task level.\n\nPoCs\n\n\nFig 1: PoC execution showing passphrase in plaintext output\n\n\nFig 2: Source code showing no_log=True on input (line 105) vs unprotected output (line 127)","status":"published","published":"2026-06-23T21:16:54.473Z","modified":"2026-11-05T17:17:58.3Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-532"],"updated_at":"2026-11-05T19:55:55.702046Z"}]}}