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CVE-2021-20228
published 2021-04-29

CVE-2021-20228: A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine 2.9.18, where sensitive info is not masked by default and is not protected by the no_log feature when using the…

PriorityP342high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
2.04%
79.0th percentile
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine 2.9.18, where sensitive info is not masked by default and is not protected by the no_log feature when using the sub-option feature of the basic.py module. This flaw allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Affected

17 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianansible< ansible 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1 (bookworm)ansible 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
debiandebian_linux
msrccbl2_ansible_2.12.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccm1_ansible_2.9.23-1_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
redhatansible>= 0 < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-12.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
redhatansible>= 0 < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-12.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
redhatansible>= 0 < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-12.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
redhatansible>= 0 < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-12.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
redhatansible>= 0 < 2.8.19rc12.8.19rc1
redhatansible>= 2.10.0a1 < 2.10.6rc12.10.6rc1
redhatansible>= 2.9.0a1 < 2.9.18rc12.9.18rc1
redhatansible_automation_platform
redhatansible_engine
redhatansible_engine
redhatansible_engine
redhatansible_engine
redhatansible_tower

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_msrc7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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