CVE-2025-14010 Ansible Community General Collection is vulnerable to exposure of sensitive information
Ansible Keycloak module leaks plaintext passwords in verbose logs, allowing attackers with log access to compromise accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-14010?
CVE-2025-14010 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Community General Collection, published on 4 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in ansible-collection-community-general. This vulnerability allows for information exposure (IE) of sensitive credentials, specifically plaintext passwords, via verbose output when running Ansible with debug modes. Attackers with access to logs could retrieve these secrets and potentially compromise Keycloak accounts or administrative access.
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14010?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
ansible PyPI | All versions | 12.2.0 |
ansible PyPI | All versions | 12.2.0 |
ansible PyPI | All versions | 12.2.0 |
Products include Redhat Community.general.
How do I fix CVE-2025-14010?
Upgrade ansible to 12.2.0 or later.
Is CVE-2025-14010 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14010 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14010, GHSA-8ggh-xwr9-3373, PYSEC-2026-1119, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14010.