CVE-2021-3701

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 High 8.1

Description

A flaw was found in ansible-runner where the default temporary files configuration in ansible-2.0.0 are written to world R/W locations. This flaw allows an attacker to pre-create the directory, resulting in reading private information or forcing ansible-runner to write files as the legitimate user in a place they did not expect. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-3701

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-08-23T16:15:09

Last Modified Date
2023-02-17T19:06:27

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-276	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner:2.0.0:-::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
8.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3701
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977959
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commits
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/issues/738

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3701
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3701

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-08-23 17:00:11				Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-17 19:14:05		2023-02-17T19:06:27	CVE Modified Date	updated