CVE-2021-20191
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CVE-2021-20191 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in ansible. Credentials, such as secrets, are being disclosed in console log by default and not protected by no_log feature when using those modules. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in ansible. Credentials, such as secrets, are being disclosed in console log by default and not protected by no_log feature when using those modules. An attacker can take advantage of this information to steal those credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. Versions before ansible 2.9.18 are affected.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle | Virtualization | 4.0 |
| Redhat | Ansible | < 2.8.19 |
| Redhat | Ansible | >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.18 |
| Redhat | Ansible | >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.7 |
| Redhat | Ansible Tower | 3.0 |
| Redhat | Cisco Nx-Os Collection | < 1.4.0 |
| Redhat | Community General Collection | < 1.3.6 |
| Redhat | Community General Collection | >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.1 |
| Redhat | Community Network Collection | < 1.3.2 |
| Redhat | Community Network Collection | >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.1 |
| Redhat | Docker Community Collection | < 1.2.2 |
| Redhat | Google Cloud Platform Ansible Collection | 1.0.2 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1916813Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1916813Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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