CVE-2021-20191

medium
Published 2021-06-01 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

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. Versions before ansible 2.9.18 are affected.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20191.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202102-9

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20191

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed2.10.7-1
debian debianbookwormfixed2.10.7-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.10.7-1
debian debiansidfixed2.10.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.10.7-1
arch archfixed2.10.7-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible>=2.9.0a1,<2.9.18rc12.9.18rc1
python PyPIansible<2.8.19rc12.8.19rc1
python PyPIansible>=2.10.0a1,<2.10.72.10.7
python PyPIansible>=2.10.0,<2.10.72.8.19

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.