CVSS 3.1
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2021-3620
Medium (5.5) in redhat. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in ansible 2.9.27.
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-209
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- redhat:ansible_automation_platform_early_access
- redhat:ansible_engine
- redhat:enterprise_linux
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian
- redhat:openstack
- redhat:virtualization
- redhat:virtualization_for_ibm_power_little_endian
- redhat:virtualization_host
- redhat:virtualization_manager
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-4r65-35qq-ch8j | PyPI | ansible | <2.9.27 | 2.9.27 |
| PYSEC-2022-164 | PyPI | ansible | <2.9.27 | 2.9.27 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975767
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fe28767970c8ec62aabe493c46b53a5de1e5fac0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975767