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CVE-2021-20178

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-20178 is a confidentiality flaw in the ansible bitbucket_pipeline_variable module, affecting various Fedora and Red Hat Ansible products. It exposes Bitbucket Pipeline credentials in console logs by default, allowing an attacker with local access to steal them. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges to exploit, with the primary impact being high confidentiality loss. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.9.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19052-16820Fixed in: 2.9.18-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 ansible 2.9.18-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 2.9.18-1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.9.18
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-runner-rhel7:v0.1.0-15
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.18-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.18-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.18-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.18-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.18-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.18-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-operator-bundle:v0.1.1-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-rhel7-operator:v0.1.0-12
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redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: ansible

Vendor Advisories (3)

pipGHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9vhigh

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in ansible

Jun 1, 2021
microsoft2021-May/CVE-2021-20178Moderate

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.

May 11, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-20178Moderate

ansible: user data leak in snmp_facts module

Jan 11, 2021

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
github.com / ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst
github.com / ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635%2C
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55