CVE-2021-20228

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    CVE-2021-20228

    Published: 29 Apr 2021Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 4455e60166a8271771d96c24f47b6714130d200f
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.9
    2.9.18

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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