Information Exposure 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
0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-3375150
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed29 Jan 2021

Introduced: 29 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-20228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (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 the Ansible Engine 2.9.18, where sensitive info is not masked by default and is not protected by the no_log feature when using the sub-option feature of the basic.py module. This flaw allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

CVSS Scores

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