Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting ansible package, versions <2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-ANSIBLE-5674841
  • published20 Mar 2021
  • disclosed1 Apr 2021

Introduced: 20 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-3447  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 ansible to version 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in several ansible modules, where parameters containing credentials, such as secrets, were being logged in plain-text on managed nodes, as well as being made visible on the controller node when run in verbose mode. These parameters were not protected by the no_log feature. An attacker can take advantage of this information to steal those credentials, provided when they have access to the log files containing them. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform in versions before 1.2.2 and Ansible Tower in versions before 3.8.2.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1