id: PYSEC-2026-1125
published: "2026-07-07T11:45:25.392586Z"
modified: "2026-07-07T17:23:39.934058Z"
aliases:
- CVE-2023-4237
- GHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqv
summary: Ansible may expose private key
details: A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. When creating a new keypair, the ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output. This flaw allows an attacker to fetch those keys from the log files, compromising the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
affected:
- package:
    name: ansible-core
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/ansible-core
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: 2.8.0
    - last_affected: 2.15.2
  versions:
  - 2.11.0
  - 2.11.0b1
  - 2.11.0b2
  - 2.11.0b3
  - 2.11.0b4
  - 2.11.0rc1
  - 2.11.0rc2
  - 2.11.1
  - 2.11.10
  - 2.11.10rc1
  - 2.11.11
  - 2.11.11rc1
  - 2.11.12
  - 2.11.12rc1
  - 2.11.1rc1
  - 2.11.2
  - 2.11.2rc1
  - 2.11.3
  - 2.11.3rc1
  - 2.11.4
  - 2.11.4rc1
  - 2.11.5
  - 2.11.5rc1
  - 2.11.6
  - 2.11.6rc1
  - 2.11.7
  - 2.11.7rc1
  - 2.11.8
  - 2.11.8rc1
  - 2.11.9
  - 2.11.9rc1
  - 2.12.0
  - 2.12.0b1
  - 2.12.0b2
  - 2.12.0rc1
  - 2.12.1
  - 2.12.10
  - 2.12.10rc1
  - 2.12.1rc1
  - 2.12.2
  - 2.12.2rc1
  - 2.12.3
  - 2.12.3rc1
  - 2.12.4
  - 2.12.4rc1
  - 2.12.5
  - 2.12.5rc1
  - 2.12.6
  - 2.12.6rc1
  - 2.12.7
  - 2.12.7rc1
  - 2.12.8
  - 2.12.8rc1
  - 2.12.9
  - 2.12.9rc1
  - 2.13.0
  - 2.13.0b0
  - 2.13.0b1
  - 2.13.0rc1
  - 2.13.1
  - 2.13.10
  - 2.13.10rc1
  - 2.13.11
  - 2.13.11rc1
  - 2.13.12
  - 2.13.12rc1
  - 2.13.13
  - 2.13.13rc1
  - 2.13.1rc1
  - 2.13.2
  - 2.13.2rc1
  - 2.13.3
  - 2.13.3rc1
  - 2.13.4
  - 2.13.4rc1
  - 2.13.5
  - 2.13.5rc1
  - 2.13.6
  - 2.13.6rc1
  - 2.13.7
  - 2.13.7rc1
  - 2.13.8
  - 2.13.8rc1
  - 2.13.9
  - 2.13.9rc1
  - 2.14.0
  - 2.14.0b1
  - 2.14.0b2
  - 2.14.0b3
  - 2.14.0rc1
  - 2.14.0rc1.post0
  - 2.14.0rc2
  - 2.14.1
  - 2.14.10
  - 2.14.10rc1
  - 2.14.11
  - 2.14.11rc1
  - 2.14.12
  - 2.14.12rc1
  - 2.14.13
  - 2.14.14
  - 2.14.14rc1
  - 2.14.15
  - 2.14.15rc1
  - 2.14.16
  - 2.14.16rc1
  - 2.14.17
  - 2.14.17rc1
  - 2.14.18
  - 2.14.18rc1
  - 2.14.1rc1
  - 2.14.2
  - 2.14.2rc1
  - 2.14.3
  - 2.14.3rc1
  - 2.14.4
  - 2.14.4rc1
  - 2.14.5
  - 2.14.5rc1
  - 2.14.6
  - 2.14.6rc1
  - 2.14.7
  - 2.14.7rc1
  - 2.14.8
  - 2.14.8rc1
  - 2.14.9
  - 2.14.9rc1
  - 2.15.0
  - 2.15.0b1
  - 2.15.0b2
  - 2.15.0b3
  - 2.15.0rc1
  - 2.15.0rc2
  - 2.15.1
  - 2.15.1rc1
  - 2.15.2
  - 2.15.2rc1
references:
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4237
- type: WEB
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5653
- type: WEB
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5666
- type: WEB
  url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237
- type: WEB
  url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqv
severity:
- type: CVSS_V3
  score: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H