CVE-2021-20228: Information Exposure

April 29, 2021 (updated November 7, 2023)

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, 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.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20228

Code Behaviors & Features

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