CVE-2021-20178
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in ansible
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2021-20178
To remediate CVE-2021-20178, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.10.7-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.18 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.18 or later
Is CVE-2021-20178 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.10.7-1
- from 0, < 2.9.18
- from 0, < 2.9.18
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |