CVE-2026-11819 Community.general: community.general keyring_info — os keyring passphrase returned in plaintext

Medium 5.5 Published 23 Jun 2026 Updated 16 Oct 2026

The Ansible keyring_info module exposes retrieved passphrases in plaintext output, allowing attackers with log access to steal credentials.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2026-11819?

CVE-2026-11819 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 23 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Module: plugins/modules/keyring_info.py

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Issue: 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.

Root Cause:

Line 105 (protected): keyring_password=dict(type="str", required=True, no_log=True) Line 127 (NOT protected): result["passphrase"] = passphrase

Observed Output:

{ "changed": false, "passphrase": "MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret" } Visible via register + debug: { "keyring_result": { "changed": false, "passphrase": "MyMasterP@ssw0rd!SSH_Key_Secret" } }

Impact:

Master passwords, SSH key passphrases and service credentials appear in all Ansible output

Ansible fact caching backends (Redis, JSON file, memcached) may persist the passphrase

AWX/Tower job logs silently store the live credential

Fix:

module.exit_json(changed=False, passphrase=passphrase, _ansible_no_log=True)

Also add a documentation warning requiring callers to use no_log: true at the task level.

PoCs

Fig 1: PoC execution showing passphrase in plaintext output

Fig 2: Source code showing no_log=True on input (line 105) vs unprotected output (line 127)

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-11819?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2026-11819?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-11819 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-11819 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-11819 exists.

All Redhat Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5x67-m8gc-wm3p.