A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine 2.9.18, 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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20228
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73492
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73493
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73494
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5rrg-rr89-x9mv