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CVE-2021-3681
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2022-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-522
Description
A flaw was found in Ansible Galaxy Collections. When collections are built manually, any files in the repository directory that are not explicitly excluded via the ``build_ignore`` list in "galaxy.yml" include files in the ``.tar.gz`` file. This contains sensitive info, such as the user's Ansible Galaxy API key and any secrets in ``ansible`` or ``ansible-playbook`` verbose output without the``no_log`` redaction. Currently, there is no way to deprecate a Collection Or delete a Collection Version. Once published, anyone who downloads or installs the collection can view the secrets.
Affected products
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1989407
- https://github.com/ansible/galaxy/issues/1977
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1989407
- https://github.com/ansible/galaxy/issues/1977
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