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CVE-2021-20180

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-20180 describes a confidentiality flaw in the Red Hat Ansible bitbucket_pipeline_variable module. This vulnerability causes Bitbucket Pipeline credentials to be exposed in console logs by default, bypassing security features. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), an attacker with local access (AV:L, PR:L) could steal these credentials, leading to a high impact on confidentiality (C:H). There is currently no known 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 79th 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 (12)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.8.19
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-rhel7-operator:v0.1.0-12
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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-runner-rhel7:v0.1.0-15
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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 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.18-1.el8ae
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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 Automation Platform 1.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform/platform-resource-operator-bundle:v0.1.1-1
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redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-fh5v-5f35-2rv2medium

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in ansible

Mar 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2021-20180Moderate

module: bitbucket_pipeline_variable exposes secured values

Jan 13, 2021

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory