CVE-2021-20228

unknown
Published 2022-05-25 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
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-2021-20228.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20228

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible>=2.10.0a1,<2.10.6rc12.10.6rc1
python PyPIansible>=2.9.0a1,<2.9.18rc12.9.18rc1
python PyPIansible<2.8.19rc12.8.19rc1
python PyPIansible<2.9.192.9.19

References

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