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Vulnerability details: VCID-a7rr-4bvy-7yh9
Vulnerability ID VCID-a7rr-4bvy-7yh9
Aliases CVE-2014-4659
GHSA-6667-f46p-pg88
PYSEC-2020-201
Summary Ansible before 1.5.5 sets 0644 permissions for sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by reading a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00037 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-4659
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-4659
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/a0e027fe362fbc209dbeff2f72d6e95f39885c69
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-201.yaml
https://web.archive.org/web/20200229060001/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68234
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68234
CVE-2014-4659 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4659
GHSA-6667-f46p-pg88 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6667-f46p-pg88
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.11381
EPSS Score 0.00037
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:18:51.060188+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-201.yaml 38.6.0