CVE-2021-3701

 

Published at: - 23-08-2022 06:15

Last modified: - 26-08-2022 09:05

Total changes: - 2

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

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

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• 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

 

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