ghsa-4r65-35qq-ch8j
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-03-04 00:00
Modified
2024-09-09 21:00
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Ansible discloses sensitive information in traceback error message
Details

Ansible is an IT automation system that handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. 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 when Ansible receives an unexpected response from set_options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is confidentiality.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.9.27"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3620"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-209"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-03-24T21:40:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-03-03T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Ansible is an IT automation system that handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. A flaw was found in Ansible Engine\u0027s ansible-connection module where sensitive information, such as the Ansible user credentials, is disclosed by default in the traceback error message when Ansible receives an unexpected response from `set_options`. The highest threat from this vulnerability is confidentiality.",
  "id": "GHSA-4r65-35qq-ch8j",
  "modified": "2024-09-09T21:00:59Z",
  "published": "2022-03-04T00:00:17Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3620"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fe28767970c8ec62aabe493c46b53a5de1e5fac0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3874"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4750"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3620"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975767"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r65-35qq-ch8j"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2022-164.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"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ansible discloses sensitive information in traceback error message"
}


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