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ansible, ansible-core — security advisory
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
- Products
- ansible, ansible-core
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.12.0-1, 5.4.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-3620
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3620
ansible
Fixed versions: 5.4.0-1
ansible
Fixed versions: 5.4.0-1
ansible
Fixed versions: 5.4.0-1
ansible-core
Fixed versions: 2.12.0-1
ansible-core
Fixed versions: 2.12.0-1
ansible-core
Fixed versions: 2.12.0-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:29.673356170Z",
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