Ansible discloses sensitive information in traceback error message
Ansible is an IT automation system that handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. 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 when Ansible receives an unexpected response from `set_options`. The highest threat from this vulnerability is confidentiality.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-3620US | 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 mess… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3874WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4750WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3620WEB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975767WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r65-35qq-ch8jADVISORY
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