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CVE-2021-20228
Ansible Exposes Sensitive Information
Impact
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine prior to 2.10.6rc1, 2.9.18rc1, and 2.8.19rc1, 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 packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | ansible | >= 2.10.0a1, < 2.10.6rc1 | 2.10.6rc1 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Ansible Engine | Versions 2.9.18, 2.0, 2.9 |
| Redhat | Ansible Automation Platform | Version 1.2 |
| Redhat | Ansible Tower | Version 3.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20228
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73492
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73493
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73494
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2021-1.yaml
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/49ebd509df9de1c1fc1bcee00e79a835dd00662c
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e41d1f0a3fd6c466192e7e24accd3d1c6501111b
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f8ff395d817c3eddc050f809919c15dfb5796120