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SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-8f4m-hccc-8qph)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412615

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2021-20191)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8f4m-hccc-8qph

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412615

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20191

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20191

IAVB: 2021-B-0013-S

cwe: CWE-532