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Vulnerability details: VCID-vnqy-kh48-cybd
Vulnerability ID VCID-vnqy-kh48-cybd
Aliases CVE-2021-20178
GHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v
PYSEC-2021-106
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.0 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-20178.json
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
epss 0.00031 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774
generic_textual HIGH https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774
cvssv3.1 5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes,
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes,
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/commit/1d0c5e2ba47724c31a18d7b08b9daf13df8829dc
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/commit/1d0c5e2ba47724c31a18d7b08b9daf13df8829dc
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2021-106.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2021-106.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55
cvssv2 2.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20178
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20178
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20178
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1437
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-20178.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20178
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20178
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes,
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/commit/1d0c5e2ba47724c31a18d7b08b9daf13df8829dc
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635,
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635%2C
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2021-106.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20178
985753 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=985753
ASA-202102-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202102-9
AVG-1437 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1437
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
RHSA-2021:0663 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0663
RHSA-2021:0664 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0664
RHSA-2021:1079 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1079
RHSA-2021:2180 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2180
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-20178.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914774
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wv5p-gmmv-wh9v
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes,
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes%2C
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/commit/1d0c5e2ba47724c31a18d7b08b9daf13df8829dc
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2021-106.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUQ2QKAQA5OW2TY3ACZZMFIAJ2EQTG37
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIU7QZUV73U6ZQ65VJWSFBTCALVXLH55
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Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20178
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20178
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.07023
EPSS Score 0.00031
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:16:13.764830+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2021-106.yaml 37.0.0