Information disclosure in Oracle Virtualization
CVE-2021-20191
A flaw was found in ansible. Credentials, such as secrets, are being disclosed in console log by default and not protected by no_log feature when using those modules. An attacker can take advantage of this information to steal those credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. Versions before ansible 2.9.18 are affected.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (27.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Virtualization — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Ansible
- Red Hat Ansible Tower — versions 3.0
- Red Hat Cisco Nx-Os Collection
- Red Hat Community General Collection
- Red Hat Community Network Collection
- Red Hat Docker Community Collection
- Red Hat Google Cloud Platform Ansible Collection — versions 1.0.2
- Ansible — versions ansible 2.9.18
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-20191?
- CVE-2021-20191 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Virtualization, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-05-26.
- How severe is CVE-2021-20191?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-20191 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.