CVE-2025-14010: Ansible Community General Collection Sensitive Information Exposure
Summary
CVE-2025-14010: Ansible Community General Collection is vulnerable to exposure of sensitive information. Affects ansible versions < 12.0.0. Fixed in 12.0.0. How to fix ↓
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Background
Ansible is an open-source automation tool that simplifies the management of IT infrastructure. The Ansible Community General Collection provides a set of modules and plugins that extend Ansible's capabilities. This collection is widely used for automating tasks across various environments. However, it has a vulnerability that can expose sensitive information, particularly plaintext passwords, when run in debug mode.
Vulnerability Detail
A flaw was identified in the ansible-collection-community-general, which allows for the exposure of sensitive credentials through verbose output during Ansible operations in debug modes. This vulnerability can lead to attackers gaining access to logs that may contain plaintext passwords, potentially compromising Keycloak accounts or granting unauthorized administrative access. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-200, indicating information exposure.
How To Fix
Latest published version: 14.5.0 as of 22 Oct 2026
pip install --upgrade "ansible==14.5.0"Upgrading to it may include breaking changes; the version below is the minimum fixed release for this vulnerability.
If you need the minimum change
12.0.0
This is the first release that contains the fix.
pip install --upgrade "ansible==12.0.0"Tip — Not sure which version your app runs? Vulert can match this fix to it. Scan free →
Workaround
As a temporary workaround, avoid running Ansible in debug mode or verbose output mode to prevent sensitive information from being logged. You can run Ansible commands without debug flags to minimize the risk of exposure.
Conclusion
The CVE-2025-14010 vulnerability in the Ansible Community General Collection poses a risk of sensitive information exposure. It is crucial to update to version 12.0.0 or later to mitigate this risk. Additionally, avoiding debug modes can serve as a temporary workaround until the update is applied.
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FAQ
CVE-2025-14010 is a vulnerability in the Ansible Community General Collection that allows for the exposure of sensitive information, specifically plaintext passwords, through verbose output.
If an attacker gains access to logs containing sensitive information, they could potentially compromise Keycloak accounts or gain unauthorized administrative access.
Versions of Ansible prior to 12.0.0 are affected by this vulnerability.
You can check if your application is affected by using the Vulert playground at Vulert Scanner, which allows you to monitor and alert for open-source vulnerabilities without requiring installation.
The CVSS score for this vulnerability is 5.5, indicating a moderate severity level.
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