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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.
Basic information
Type
reviewed
Severity
medium Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗ Repository advisory
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Source code
Browse source ↗ Published (advisory)
2021-06-01 21:38:33 UTC
Updated
2024-09-10 21:36:15 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2021-06-01 20:27:31 UTC
NVD published
2021-05-26
EPSS Score
Score
Percentile
0.04%
11.09%
CVSS Scores
Base score
Version
Severity
Vector
5.5
3.1
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
CWEs
CWE id
Name
CWE-532
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Affected packages (3)
Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.
Ecosystem
Package
Vulnerable range
First patched
Vulnerable functions
pip
ansible >= 2.9.0a1, < 2.9.18rc1
2.9.18rc1
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pip
ansible < 2.8.19rc1
2.8.19rc1
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pip
ansible >= 2.10.0a1, < 2.10.7
2.10.7
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