Description
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 of this information to steal those credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. Versions before ansible 2.9.18 are affected.
Published: 2021-05-26
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3695-1 ansible security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8f4m-hccc-8qph Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in ansible
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00027}

epss

{'score': 0.00026}


Subscriptions

Oracle Virtualization
Redhat Ansible Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Engine Ansible Tower Cisco Nx-os Collection Community General Collection Community Network Collection Docker Community Collection Google Cloud Platform Ansible Collection Rhev Hypervisor Rhev Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.571Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20191

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-26T21:15:08.193

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:06.130

Link: CVE-2021-20191

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-01-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20191 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses