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Additionally, avoid displaying or registering the module result in debug tasks, and review fact-caching backends and centralized job-log storage (such as AWX/Ansible Tower) for retained module results containing the passphrase. The companion keyring (write-side) module is not affected." } ], "timeline": [ { "lang": "en", "time": "2026-06-09T19:06:42.692Z", "value": "Reported to Red Hat." }, { "lang": "en", "time": "2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z", "value": "Made public." } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Red Hat would like to thank Bipin Saud (okBoss) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bipinsaud/) and Pradeep Adhikari (bugsniper) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradeep-adhikari-7974a43b7/) for reporting this issue." } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "shortName": "redhat", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T11:22:44.691Z" }, "x_generator": { "engine": "cvelib 1.8.0" } }, "adp": [ { "references": [ { "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-11819", "tags": [ "exploit" ] } ], "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2026-06-24T14:35:23.411115Z", "id": "CVE-2026-11819", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "poc" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-24T14:35:45.289Z" } } ] } }