CVE-2021-20228

Aliases:GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mvPYSEC-2021-1
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 29 Apr 2021, 15:34
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 17:30

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.24% LOW
0% probability +0.09%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Apr 2021, 15:34
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 17:30
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.24%• Percentile: 48%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    10.0

  • PyPI•ansible

    ≥ 2.10.0a1, < 2.10.6rc1 | ≥ 2.9.0a1, < 2.9.18rc1 | < 2.8.19rc1 | < 2.9.19

  • redhat•ansible_automation_platform

    1.2

  • redhat•ansible_engine

    2.9.18 | 2.0 | 2.9

  • redhat•ansible_tower

    3.0

References (13)