CVE-2021-3620
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.29%Ansible discloses sensitive information in traceback error message
Published: 3/4/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1
- Debian/ansible-corefrom 0, < 2.12.0-1
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.9.27
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < fe28767970c8ec62aabe493c46b53a5de1e5fac0 | from 0, < 2.9.27
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (15)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r65-35qq-ch8j
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3620
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3620
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3874
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4750
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3620
- 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://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2022-164.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html