Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.9.18-1.el7ae


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-3375144
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed11 Jan 2021

Introduced: 11 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-20178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.9.18-1.el7ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0664.

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 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 Scores

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