CVE-2021-20228
Ansible Exposes Sensitive Information
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.24%
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.
How to fix CVE-2021-20228
To remediate CVE-2021-20228, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.10.6rc1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.19 or later
Is CVE-2021-20228 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
- >= 2.10.0a1, < 2.10.6rc1
- from 0, < 2.9.19
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |