Security advisory

{
  "id": "06ff289f68331350b0b914aa2037dc944bab41ef4998b52eefe6153ea876bbc1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3681",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-3681",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-3681",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-3681",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-3681"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ansible/galaxy",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "a0c909deff4ee036adb58e371d170f06807dd7f6"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "a0c909deff4ee036adb58e371d170f06807dd7f6"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_galaxy:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.3.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.3.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.3.0",
            "v3.3.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3681.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:49.065645963Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ansible/galaxy/issues/1977",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1989407"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:ansible_automation_platform",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-3681",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386193,
  "published_at": "2022-04-18T17:15:15.507+00:00"
}