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CVE-2021-20191

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 26, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
8 products affected across 2 vendorsAnsibleAnsible TowerVirtualization

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Virtualization· Oracle
95%
4.0
Ansible· Red Hat
95%
v < 2.8.192.10.0 ≤ v < 2.10.72.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.182.9.18
Affected range stops below 2.10.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ansible Tower· Red Hatrpm
95%
3.0
Cisco Nx OS Collection· Red Hat
95%
v < 1.4.0
Affected range stops below 1.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Community General Collection· Red Hat
95%
v < 1.3.62.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.1
Affected range stops below 1.3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Community Network Collection· Red Hat
95%
v < 1.3.22.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.1
Affected range stops below 1.3.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Docker Community Collection· Red Hat
95%
v < 1.2.2
Affected range stops below 1.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Google Cloud Platform Ansible Collection· Red Hat
95%
1.0.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1916813
Mailing List
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-532

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