Medium
ansible — security advisory
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.
- Products
- ansible
- Affected versions
- 1.1+dfsg-1, 1.3.4+dfsg-1, 1.4.0+dfsg-1, 1.4.1+dfsg-1, 1.4.3+dfsg-1, 1.4.4+dfsg-1, 1.5.4+dfsg-1, 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3, 1.9.2+dfsg-2, 1.9.4-1, 11.2.0+dfsg-1, 12.0.0+dfsg-1, 12.0.0~a2+dfsg-1, 12.0.0~a4+dfsg-1, 12.0.0~a6+dfsg-1, 12.0.0~b1+dfsg-1, 12.2.0+dfsg-1, 13.1.0+dfsg-1, 13.1.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1, 13.4.0+dfsg-1, 2.0.0.2-2, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.2, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm1, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm2, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm3, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm4, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm5, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm6, 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1, 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm4, 2.3.1.0+dfsg-2, 2.5.0+dfsg-1, 2.5.1+dfsg-1, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm3, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm4, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5, 2.8.3+dfsg-1, 2.8.6+dfsg-1, 2.9.2+dfsg-1, 2.9.4+dfsg-1, 2.9.6+dfsg-1, 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3, 7.7.0+dfsg-1, 7.7.0+dfsg-3, 9.2.0+dfsg-0ubuntu4, 9.2.0+dfsg-0ubuntu5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-20178
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
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Complete source record
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"references": [
"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20178",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774",
"https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1621",
"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20178"
]
},
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{
"value": "CVE-2021-20178",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 356568,
"published_at": "2021-05-26T12:15:00+00:00"
}