ALPINE-CVE-2021-20191 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2021-20191 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A flaw was found in ansible. Credentials, such as secrets, are being disclosed in console log by default and not protected by no_log feature when using those modules. An attacker can take advantage of this information to steal those credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. Versions before ansible 2.9.18 are affected.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.10	ansible	2.4.3.0-r0, 1.9.3-r0, 1.9.3-r1
Alpine:v3.14	ansible	2.10.6-r1, 2.10.6-r0, 2.10.5-r0
Alpine:v3.13	ansible	0, 2.10.6-r0, 2.10.5-r0
Alpine:v3.11	ansible	2.3.1.0-r0, 0, 0.3.1-r0
Alpine:v3.12	ansible	1.2.2-r0, 1.2.3-r0, 1.3.3-r0

Timeline

May 26, 2021 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-20191 advisory

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