CVE-2021-20228

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-20228
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-04-29T16:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-08-05T16:23:18
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.9.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20228
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20228
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:41:39 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 01:15:59 2021-04-29T16:15Z 2021-04-29T16:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 01:15:59 2022-08-05T16:23:18 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 01:15:59 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated