GHSA-8f4m-hccc-8qph
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-06-01 21:38
Modified
2024-09-10 21:36
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in ansible
Details

A flaw was found in ansible. Credentials, such as secrets, are being disclosed in console log by default and not protected by no_log feature when using those modules. An attacker can take advantage of this information to steal those credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

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{
   affected: [
      {
         package: {
            ecosystem: "PyPI",
            name: "ansible",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "2.9.0a1",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "2.9.18rc1",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
      {
         package: {
            ecosystem: "PyPI",
            name: "ansible",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "2.8.19rc1",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
      {
         package: {
            ecosystem: "PyPI",
            name: "ansible",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "2.10.0a1",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "2.10.7",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2021-20191",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-532",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2021-06-01T20:27:31Z",
      nvd_published_at: "2021-05-26T21:15:00Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "A flaw was found in ansible. Credentials, such as secrets, are being disclosed in console log by default and not protected by no_log feature when using those modules. An attacker can take advantage of this information to steal those credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.",
   id: "GHSA-8f4m-hccc-8qph",
   modified: "2024-09-10T21:36:14Z",
   published: "2021-06-01T21:38:33Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20191",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73488",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73489",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/cc82d986c40328d4ae81298a9d287c95a6326bb0",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/d74a1b1d1325af2a24848044cf2858987f5a3ecc",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-20191",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1916813",
      },
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8f4m-hccc-8qph",
      },
      {
         type: "PACKAGE",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2021-124.yaml",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
   summary: "Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in ansible",
}


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