Information Exposure Affecting ansible-core package, versions <2.12.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ANSIBLECORE-18168439
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed3 Mar 2022

Introduced: 3 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-3620  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest ansible-core to version 2.12.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1