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TI-2021-03523 Aliases CVE-2021-20228GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv

Information disclosure in ansible

Priority LOW 37CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 7 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02043 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial ansible (PyPI): 2.10.6rc1, 2.9.18rc1, 2.8.19rc1Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 7 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—ansibleansible-engine 2.9.18—No fix listedCNA
—ansible (PyPI)2.10.0a1 to before 2.10.6rc12.10.6rc1Patch availableGHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv
—ansible (PyPI)2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.18rc12.9.18rc1Patch availableGHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv
—ansible (PyPI)before 2.8.19rc12.8.19rc1Patch availableGHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv
  • ansible Vendor— Affected ansible-engine 2.9.18 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.10.0a1 to before 2.10.6rc1 Fixed in 2.10.6rc1 Patch available GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.18rc1 Fixed in 2.9.18rc1 Patch available GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.8.19rc1 Fixed in 2.8.19rc1 Patch available GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.9.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.9.18VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.9VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.9.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.9.18 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.9 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.10.6rc1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.9.18rc1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.19rc1 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2021:2180 Released 2021-06-01 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    RHV Engine and Host Common Packages security update [ovirt-4.4.6]
    • RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 ansible-2.9.18-1.el8ae
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts ansible-2.9.18-1.el8ae
  • RHSA-2021:1079 Released 2021-04-09 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Operator 1.2 security update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7 ansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-operator-bundle, ansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-rhel7-operator, ansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-runner-rhel7
  • RHSA-2021:0663 Released 2021-02-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.18)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible-2.9.18-1.el7ae, ansible-test-2.9.18-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.9.18-1.el8ae, ansible-test-2.9.18-1.el8ae
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2021:0664 Released 2021-02-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.18)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.9.18-1.el7ae, ansible-test-2.9.18-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.9.18-1.el8ae, ansible-test-2.9.18-1.el8ae

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4Fixed RHSA-2021:2180
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2021:1079
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2021:0663
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2021:0663
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2021:0664
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2021:0664
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 HostsFixed RHSA-2021:2180
Not affected: 3 products
  • RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-20228
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 8

Sources

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