CVE-2021-20228 (GCVE-0-2021-20228)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-29 15:34 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:30
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Summary
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.
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n/a ansible Affected: ansible-engine 2.9.18
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