CVE-2021-20180

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-532

Description

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.

Affected products

Red Hat Ansible: before 2.9.18 — fixed in 2.9.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Ansible 2.9.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915808
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915808

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