{"id":"CVE-2026-11820","aliases":["EUVD-2026-38605","GHSA-87gp-wmhr-wgcw"],"status":"published","title":"Community.general: community.general nexmo — api credentials exposed in get url query string[security] community.general nexmo — api credentials exposed in get url query string","description":"A flaw was found in the community.general Ansible collection's nexmo module.\nThe module constructs HTTP requests to the Vonage/Nexmo SMS API by encoding\nAPI credentials (api_key and api_secret) into URL query parameters and\nsending them via GET requests. This causes credentials to be exposed in web\nserver access logs, proxy logs, HTTP Referer headers, and network monitoring\ntools, despite the Ansible argument specification marking these parameters\nas no_log. An attacker with access to any of these logging or monitoring\npoints can obtain the full API credentials and gain unauthorized access to\nthe victim's Vonage/Nexmo account.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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":0.00394,"percentile":0.33957,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-532"],"published":"2026-06-23T19:53:19Z","modified":"2026-11-05T17:17:58Z","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-2026-11820","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488970","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11820"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-87gp-wmhr-wgcw"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-11820","title":"Community.general: community.general nexmo — api credentials exposed in get url query string[security] community.general nexmo — api credentials exposed in get url query string","description":"A flaw was found in the community.general Ansible collection's nexmo module.\nThe module constructs HTTP requests to the Vonage/Nexmo SMS API by encoding\nAPI credentials (api_key and api_secret) into URL query parameters and\nsending them via GET requests. This causes credentials to be exposed in web\nserver access logs, proxy logs, HTTP Referer headers, and network monitoring\ntools, despite the Ansible argument specification marking these parameters\nas no_log. An attacker with access to any of these logging or monitoring\npoints can obtain the full API credentials and gain unauthorized access to\nthe victim's Vonage/Nexmo account.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-23T19:53:19.664Z","modified":"2026-11-05T16:22:45.588Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-2026-38605","description":"A flaw was found in the community.general Ansible collection's nexmo module.\nThe module constructs HTTP requests to the Vonage/Nexmo SMS API by encoding\nAPI credentials (api_key and api_secret) into URL query parameters and\nsending them via GET requests. This causes credentials to be exposed in web\nserver access logs, proxy logs, HTTP Referer headers, and network monitoring\ntools, despite the Ansible argument specification marking these parameters\nas no_log. An attacker with access to any of these logging or monitoring\npoints can obtain the full API credentials and gain unauthorized access to\nthe victim's Vonage/Nexmo account.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-23T19:53:19Z","modified":"2026-11-05T16:22:45Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-87gp-wmhr-wgcw","title":"Module: plugins/modules/nexmo.py\n\nCVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N \n...","description":"Module: plugins/modules/nexmo.py\n\nCVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N \n\nIssue: api_key and api_secret are declared no_log=True at the input level, but both credentials are immediately URL-encoded into a GET request as query parameters, bypassing all no_log protection. \n\nVulnerable Code (lines 82-93):\n\nmsg = {\n\"api_key\": module.params.get(\"api_key\"),\n\"api_secret\": module.params.get(\"api_secret\"),\n\"from\": module.params.get(\"src\"),\n\"text\": module.params.get(\"msg\"),\n}\nurl = f\"{NEXMO_API}?{urlencode(msg)}\"\nresponse, info = fetch_url(module, url, headers=headers)\n\nObserved Output:\n\nhttps://rest.nexmo.com/sms/json?api_key=a1b2c3d4\u0026api_secret=MyS3cr3tK3y!!\u0026from=AnsibleBot\u0026to=15551234567\u0026text=Hello\n\nExposure Vectors: \n\nAnsible verbose output (-vvv) logs the full request URL \n\nVonage/Nexmo server access logs record credentials in query string \n\nHTTP proxies, SIEM, and network inspection tools capture the full URL \n\nAWX/Automation Controller network debug logs\n\nFix: Switch to POST with credentials in the request body:\n\ndata = urlencode({\"api_key\": api_key, \"api_secret\": api_secret,\n\"from\": src, \"to\": number, \"text\": msg})\nfetch_url(module, NEXMO_API, data=data, method=\"POST\",\nheaders={\"Content-Type\": \"application/x-www-form-urlencoded\"})","status":"published","published":"2026-06-23T21:30:31Z","modified":"2026-06-23T21:30:39Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-2026-11820","description":"A flaw was found in the community.general Ansible collection's nexmo module.\nThe module constructs HTTP requests to the Vonage/Nexmo SMS API by encoding\nAPI credentials (api_key and api_secret) into URL query parameters and\nsending them via GET requests. This causes credentials to be exposed in web\nserver access logs, proxy logs, HTTP Referer headers, and network monitoring\ntools, despite the Ansible argument specification marking these parameters\nas no_log. An attacker with access to any of these logging or monitoring\npoints can obtain the full API credentials and gain unauthorized access to\nthe victim's Vonage/Nexmo account.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-23T21:16:54.593Z","modified":"2026-11-05T17:17:58.48Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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"}]}}