CVE-2021-4041

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

A flaw was found in ansible-runner. An improper escaping of the shell command, while calling the ansible_runner.interface.run_command, can lead to parameters getting executed as host's shell command. A developer could unintentionally write code that gets executed in the host rather than the virtual environment.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-4041

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-08-24T16:15:09

Last Modified Date
2022-08-29T14:30:13

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-116	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/116.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner::::::::	1	OR	2.1.0
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner:2.1.0:alpha1::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner:2.1.0:alpha2::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner:2.1.0:beta1::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2028074
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4041
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/commit/3533f265f4349a3f2a0283158cd01b59a6bbc7bd

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4041
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-4041

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-08-24 17:00:13				Added to TrackCVE