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CVE-2021-3447

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Apr 01, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3447
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/532.html

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.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AnsibleRedhat*1.2.2 (excluding)
Ansible_towerRedhat*3.8.2 (excluding)
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7RedHatansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-operator-bundle:v0.1.1-1*
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7RedHatansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-rhel7-operator:v0.1.0-12*
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7RedHatansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-runner-rhel7:v0.1.0-15*
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7RedHatansible-0:2.9.20-1.el7ae*
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8RedHatansible-0:2.9.20-1.el8ae*
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7RedHatansible-0:2.9.20-1.el7ae*
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8RedHatansible-0:2.9.20-1.el8ae*
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.7-20210715.1.el8_4*
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatansible-0:2.9.21-1.el8ae*
Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4RedHatansible-0:2.9.21-1.el8ae*
AnsibleUbuntubionic*
AnsibleUbuntufocal*
AnsibleUbuntugroovy*
AnsibleUbuntuhirsute*
AnsibleUbuntuimpish*
AnsibleUbuntukinetic*
AnsibleUbuntulunar*
AnsibleUbuntumantic*
AnsibleUbuntuoracular*
AnsibleUbuntuplucky*
AnsibleUbuntutrusty*
AnsibleUbuntutrusty/esm*
AnsibleUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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