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CVE-2021-3447

A flaw was found in several ansible modules, where parameters containing credentials, such as secrets, were being logged

A flaw was found in several ansible modules, where parameters containing credentials, such as secrets, were being logged in plain-text on managed nodes, as well as being made visible on the controller node when run in verbose mode. These parameters were not protected by the no_log feature. An attacker can take advantage of this information to steal those credentials, provided when they have access to the log files containing them.

The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform in versions before 1.2.2 and Ansible Tower in versions before 3.8.2.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00072
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Affected Products & Versions

3

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI ansible fixed in 1.2.2

Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD01 Apr 2021 · 06:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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9
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12302-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2024:0196-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:3178-1
rhsaRHSA-2021:2736Important
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2021:2121-1
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