CVE-2021-20191: oracle virtualization
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-20191 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in oracle virtualization. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 15 · Related 9Timeline
- 26-05-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.35%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
28%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.35% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat7 products
- ansible< 2.8.19 | ≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.18 | ≥ 2.10.0, < 2.10.7
- ansible_tower3.0
- cisco_nx-os_collection< 1.4.0
- community_general_collection< 1.3.6 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.1
- community_network_collection< 1.3.2 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.1
Alpine1 product
- ansible≥ 2.9.0, < 2.8.19-r0 | ≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.18-r0 | ≥ 2.9.0, < 2.10.7-r0
Debian1 product
- ansible< 2.10.7-1
Oracle1 product
PyPI1 product
- ansible≥ 2.9.0a1, < 2.9.18rc1 | < 2.8.19rc1 | ≥ 2.10.0a1, < 2.10.7 | ≥ 2.10.0, < 2.10.7
Ubuntu1 product
- ansibleAll versions (No fix recorded)
6 vendors · 12 products
