CVE-2021-20178

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-20178
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-26 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-28 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-532

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: ansible-2.9.18-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
ansible/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst at v2.9.18 · ansible/ansible · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3695-1] ansible security update lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ansible-2.9.18-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
ansible/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst at v2.9.18 · ansible/ansible · GitHub github.com
1914774 – (CVE-2021-20178) CVE-2021-20178 ansible: user data leak in snmp_facts module MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635%2C github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ansible-2.9.18-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: ansible-2.9.18-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635, MISC github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 184886 Debian Security Update for ansible (CVE-2021-20178)
  • 239447 Red Hat Update for RHV Engine and Host Common Packages (RHSA-2021:2180)
  • 281605 Fedora Security Update for ansible (FEDORA-2021-9a0903469c)
  • 281606 Fedora Security Update for ansible (FEDORA-2021-e9478617ae)
  • 352253 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ansible: ALAS2-2021-1613
  • 356209 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ansible : ALASANSIBLE2-2023-004
  • 356466 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ansible : ALAS2ANSIBLE2-2023-004
  • 6000405 Debian Security Update for ansible (DLA 3695-1)
  • 752570 SUSE Enterprise Linux Important for SUSE Manager Client Tools (SUSE-SU-2022:3178-1)
  • 900111 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for ansible 2.9.12
  • 903566 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for ansible (4264)
  • 982362 Python (pip) Security Update for ansible (GHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v)
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