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CVE-2021-20191

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...

Published: May 26, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-532
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in ansible

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-532

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РОСА КобальтАО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
AnsibleRed Hat Inc.
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
ао «нтц ит роса»commercialRUOperating Systems
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 10 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Credential Access
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References

https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos/commit/120956963f47502151a358e4a7bc2a87f71813aa
github.com
https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos/pull/227
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20191
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
May 26, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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