Vulnerability CVE-2021-20228


Published: 2021-04-29

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Ansible engine 
Redhat -> Ansible automation platform 
Redhat -> Ansible tower 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487

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