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Debian: CVE-2021-20228: ansible -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-20228: ansible -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/29/2021
Created
08/10/2021
Added
08/09/2021
Modified
08/20/2021

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ansible

References

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