CVE-2021-20178 (GCVE-0-2021-20178)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-26 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 17:30
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in ansible module where credentials are disclosed in the console log by default and not protected by the security feature when using the bitbucket_pipeline_variable module. This flaw allows an attacker to steal bitbucket_pipeline credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635%2C
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635%2C
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Ansible Version: before 2.9.18
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