5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
16.2%
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in ansible. The ‘authkey’ and ‘privkey’ credentials are disclosed by default and not protected by no_log feature when using the snmp_facts module. Attackers could take advantage of this information to steal the SNMP credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. (CVE-2021-20178)
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. (CVE-2021-20180)
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. (CVE-2021-20191)
Affected Packages:
ansible
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update ansible to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
ansible-2.9.18-1.amzn2.noarch
ansible-doc-2.9.18-1.amzn2.noarch
src:
ansible-2.9.18-1.amzn2.src
Red Hat: CVE-2021-20178, CVE-2021-20180, CVE-2021-20191
Mitre: CVE-2021-20178, CVE-2021-20180, CVE-2021-20191
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | ansible | < 2.9.18-1.amzn2 | ansible-2.9.18-1.amzn2.noarch.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | ansible-doc | < 2.9.18-1.amzn2 | ansible-doc-2.9.18-1.amzn2.noarch.rpm |
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
16.2%