{"id":"CVE-2021-20178","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-20178","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:18:58.600Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2021-05-26T12:15:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:33:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-532"],"affected":["redhat/ansible","redhat/ansible tower","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.0034,"percentile":0.27197,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635%2C","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37/","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55/","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635%2C","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20178","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}