{"id":"CVE-2026-11819","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/A:N \n\nIssue: The module retrieves a passphrase from the OS native keyring (GNOME Keyring, macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager) and pl…","summary":"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 pl…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-532"],"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux","affected":["enterprise_linux = 10.0"],"published":"2026-06-23","updated":"2026-08-31","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11819","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11819","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487251","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-11819","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-11819.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-11819"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11819"}],"tags":["nvd","csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00161,"epssPercentile":0.05239,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-31T13:08:32.195Z","exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-06-24T14:35:23.411115Z"},"slug":"CVE-2026-11819","body":"## Overview\n\nModule: 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)\n\n## Affected\n\n- `enterprise_linux = 10.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-10-16 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-11819.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":42,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":222978,"id":"CVE-2026-11819","ts":1792152389843,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}