Information Exposure Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.9.27-1.el7ae


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-3374910
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed25 Jun 2021

Introduced: 25 Jun 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.9.27-1.el7ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:3871.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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 Scores

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