CVE-2021-3620

MEDIUM5.5

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message

Published Mar 3, 2022

Modified 11 months ago

No fix available

Details

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

References

WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975767 WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fe28767970c8ec62aabe493c46b53a5de1e5fac0 WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3620

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

5.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Disclosure

CWE-209

Error Message Info Leak

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMar 3, 2022

ModifiedFeb 13, 2025