A flaw was found in several ansible modules, where parameters containing credentials, such as secrets, were being logged in plain-text on managed nodes, as well as being made visible on the controller node when run in verbose mode. These parameters were not protected by the no_log feature. An attacker can take advantage of this information to steal those credentials, provided when they have access to the log files containing them. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform in versions before 1.2.2 and Ansible Tower in versions before 3.8.2.
CVE-2021-3447
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 74% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 29(Track)EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity55% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 25.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 1, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939349
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MS4VPUYVLGSAKOX26IT52BSMEZRZ3KS/
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBZ75MAMVQVZROPYHMRDQKPPVASP63DG/
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RUTGO4RS4ZXZSPBU2CHVPT75IAFVTTL3/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939349
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MS4VPUYVLGSAKOX26IT52BSMEZRZ3KS/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBZ75MAMVQVZROPYHMRDQKPPVASP63DG/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RUTGO4RS4ZXZSPBU2CHVPT75IAFVTTL3/
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.7-20210715.1.el8_4 | 2021-07-22 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-0:2.9.21-1.el8ae | 2021-07-22 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-0:2.9.20-1.el8ae | 2021-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-runner-rhel7:v0.1.0-15 | 2021-04-09 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ansible | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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All Vendor Advisories
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- Red HatRHSA-2021:1079MODERATE2021-03-16
RHSA-2021:1079 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:1342MODERATE2021-03-16
RHSA-2021:1342 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:1343MODERATE2021-03-16
RHSA-2021:1343 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2736MODERATE2021-03-16
RHSA-2021:2736 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2866MODERATE2021-03-16
RHSA-2021:2866 — Moderate
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