5.5

CVE-2021-20180: redhat ansible

Modified
AliasesGHSA-fh5v-5f35-2rv2PYSEC-2026-618UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20180
Published 16-03-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-20180 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in redhat ansible. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 9
MGASA-2021-0132OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0081-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1

Timeline

  1. 16-03-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in ansible module where credentials are disclosed in the console log by default and not protected by the security feature when using the bitbucket_pipeline_variable module. This flaw allows an attacker to steal bitbucket_pipeline credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.31% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • ansible< 2.10.7-1
PyPI1 product
  • ansible≥ 2.8.0a1, < 2.8.19 | ≥ 2.9.0b1, < 2.9.18
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ansibleAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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