CVE-2021-20228
This flaw allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.06% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- redhat/ansible engine · redhat/ansible automation platform · redhat/ansible tower · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.