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CVE-2021-3447

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3447 describes a flaw in several Ansible modules where sensitive credentials were logged in plain-text on managed nodes and visible on controller nodes in verbose mode, bypassing the no_log feature. This vulnerability primarily impacts data confidentiality and affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform before version 1.2.2 and Ansible Tower before 3.8.2. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access (AV:L, PR:L) to log files to exploit, with a high impact on confidentiality (C:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 82nd 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.21-1.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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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-0:2.9.20-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.20-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.20-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.20-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.7-20210715.1.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.21-1.el8ae
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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 (1)

redhatCVE-2021-3447Moderate

ansible: multiple modules expose secured values

Mar 16, 2021

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MS4VPUYVLGSAKOX26IT52BSMEZRZ3KS
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBZ75MAMVQVZROPYHMRDQKPPVASP63DG
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RUTGO4RS4ZXZSPBU2CHVPT75IAFVTTL3