Bug 1989407 (CVE-2021-3681)

Summary:	CVE-2021-3681 ansible: Secrets leakage vulnerability with ansible collections and ansible galaxy
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tapas Jena <tjena>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	a.badger, bcoca, davidn, dbecker, gblomqui, jcammara, jhardy, jjoyce, jobarker, jschluet, kevin, lhh, lpeer, mabashia, maxim, mburns, osapryki, patrick, relrod, rpetrell, sclewis, slinaber, smcdonal, tkuratom, tuxmealux+redhatbz
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	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. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2022836, 1989831, 2022835, 2022837
Bug Blocks:	1984436, 1989747

Description Tapas Jena 2021-08-03 07:25:44 UTC

When someone is manually building collections, *any files* in the repository directory that are *not* explicitly excluded via the ``build_ignore`` list in the ``galaxy.yml`` file will be included in the ``.tar.gz`` file which may include the user's Ansible Galaxy API key, any secrets in ``ansible`` or ``ansible-playbook`` verbose output without ``no_log`` redaction, or any other secrets that a developer unknowingly places in the repository directory while developing and testing the collection. Once published, anyone who downloads or installs the collection will possess the secrets.

Comment 3 Tapas Jena 2021-08-04 06:56:13 UTC

Analysis is complete for Ansible components and found to be a valid security bug. Required trackers have been created.

Comment 5 Tapas Jena 2021-11-12 17:35:40 UTC

Created ansible tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2022836]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2022835]
Affects: openstack-rdo [bug 2022837]