CVE-2021-20178
A flaw was found in ansible module where credentials are disclosed in the console log by default and not protected by the security feature…
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- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in ansible module where credentials are disclosed in the console log by default and not protected by the security feature when using the bitbucket_pipeline_variable module. This flaw allows an attacker to steal bitbucket_pipeline credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Ansible
- affected before 2.9.18
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansibleGHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- FEDORA-2021-e9478617ae (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-9a0903469c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635%2C (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231228 [SECURITY] [DLA 3695-1] ansible security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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