Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Early Access
CVE-2021-3620
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. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
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: 0.004 (31.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Early Access — versions 2.0
- Red Hat Ansible Engine
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 8.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian — versions 8.0
- Red Hat OpenStack — versions 1, 16.1
- Red Hat Virtualization — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Virtualization For IBM Power Little Endian — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Virtualization Host — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Virtualization Manager — versions 4.4
- Ansible — versions Fixed in Ansible Engine v2.9.27
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fe28767970c8ec62aabe493c46b53a5de1e5fac0 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-3620?
- CVE-2021-3620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Early Access, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-03-03.
- How severe is CVE-2021-3620?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.