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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-10206

ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools, all versions 2.8.x before 2.8.4, all 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and all 2.6.x before 2.6.19, prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they could contain special characters. Passwords should be wrapped to prevent templates trigger and exposing them.

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CVE-2019-10206
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1 Nov 2026, 06:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-10206

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Nov 2019, 13:15 UTC

ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools, all versions 2.8.x before 2.8.4, all 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and all 2.6.x before 2.6.19, prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they could contain special characters. Passwords should be wrapped to prevent templates trigger and exposing them.

osv:CVE-2019-10206
Complete source record
{
  "id": "ffa44fa718a945ae140f88569941ac05f3352084d44045143105c654dc91281e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10206",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-10206",
    "summary": "ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools, all versions 2.8.x before 2.8.4, all 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and all 2.6.x before 2.6.19, prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they could contain special characters. Passwords should be wrapped to prevent templates trigger and exposing them.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-10206",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-10206",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-10206",
        "GHSA-cqmr-rcpr-cxh3",
        "PYSEC-2019-145"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "8ce3bd6deaa0a0274a921c0137cbd804ffc312d0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "38036f07d80b060d6e9f400724cc747fa4ad9d91"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "0a07068054090d5b78b27496aa251be74c484b45"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "24007b5d4b191642c5a5a976caad4d7d4a795ebe"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "2611867fd1dc387ceaa0ffb8ce0f030aafc2a859"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c4902421d9fede8996cfa4bb11b464080d4a387d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.6.19"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.7.13"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.8.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.8.3",
            "v2.6.18",
            "v2.7.12",
            "v2.8.2",
            "v2.8.1",
            "v2.7.11",
            "v2.6.17",
            "v2.8.0",
            "v2.6.16",
            "v2.7.10",
            "v2.6.15",
            "v2.7.9",
            "v2.7.8",
            "v2.6.14",
            "v2.7.7",
            "v2.6.13",
            "v2.6.12",
            "v2.7.6",
            "v2.7.5",
            "v2.6.11",
            "v2.6.10",
            "v2.7.4",
            "v2.7.3",
            "v2.6.9",
            "v2.6.8",
            "v2.7.2",
            "v2.6.7",
            "v2.7.1",
            "v2.6.6",
            "v2.7.0",
            "v2.6.5",
            "v2.6.4",
            "v2.6.3",
            "v2.6.2",
            "v2.6.1",
            "v2.6.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-10206.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.397719462Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10206"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:backports_sle",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.0-sp1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.0-sp1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-10206",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433504,
  "published_at": "2019-11-22T13:15:11.723+00:00"
}