CVE catalog
CVE-2021-20191
ansible: CVE-2021-20191
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.35% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | sid | 14.4.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | forky | 14.0.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | trixie | 12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | bookworm | 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Alpine | ansible | 3.10 | 2.8.19-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | ansible | 3.11 | 2.9.18-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | ansible | 3.12 | 2.9.18-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | ansible | 3.13 | 2.10.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | ansible | 3.14 | 2.10.7-r0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | source | sid | 2.10.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [985753] |
| Debian | ansible | source | forky | 2.10.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [985753] |
| Debian | ansible | source | trixie | 2.10.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [985753] |
| Debian | ansible | source | bookworm | 2.10.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [985753] |
| Alpine | ansible | apk | 3.10 | 2.8.19-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20191 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ansible | apk | 3.11 | 2.9.18-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20191 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ansible | apk | 3.12 | 2.9.18-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20191 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ansible | apk | 3.13 | 2.10.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20191 | Not reported |
| Alpine | ansible | apk | 3.14 | 2.10.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20191 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [ansible]Fixed
Details (2)
7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.7-1dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm; dsa · ansible · debian · 12
7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.7-1dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm; dsa · ansible · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [ansible]Fixed
Details (2)
12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.7-1dsa · ansible · debian · 13
12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.7-1dsa · ansible · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2021_2121-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2021-20191]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20191]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20191]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-20191.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2021/wid-sec-w-2022-1350.json]
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