CVE-2021-3701
First published: Wed Jun 30 2021(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Ansible Runner | =2.0.0 | |
| pip/ansible-runner | >=2.0.0<2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3701
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977959
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/issues/738
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commits
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commits/60b059f00409224acae1e417153a241c8591ad89
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1977962
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1977961
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1977960
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3701
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible-runner/PYSEC-2022-43067.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwch-cmqr-hhrm (Advisory)
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