Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.9.18-1.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-ANSIBLE-1697370
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Mar 2022

Introduced: 27 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-20180  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ansible to version 0:2.9.18-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1613.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1