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CVE-2021-20228

Published: 29 April 2021

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ansible
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

impish Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needs triage

trusty Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/0cdc410dce6658e93c06fa27e0100ddbb11e7015
upstream: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e41d1f0a3fd6c466192e7e24accd3d1c6501111b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N