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CVE-2021-20228

Published: Apr 29, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-200
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 21.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

ansiblen/a
ansible engineredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ansible automation platformredhat
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
ansible towerredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
and 7 more affected products View all →

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487
github.com
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
debian.org
and 20 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Apr 29, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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