CVE-2021-3583
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CVE-2021-3583
Published: 22 Sept 2021Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026
Summary:
Details: A flaw was found in Ansible, where a user's controller is vulnerable to template injection. This issue can occur through facts used in the template if the user is trying to put templates in multi-line YAML strings and the facts being handled do not routinely include special template characters. This flaw allows attackers to perform command injection, which discloses sensitive information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.
References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1968412
Affected packages
Package
Name:
Purl:
Affected ranges
Affected versions
v2.9.23rc1
v2.9.22
v2.9.22rc1
v2.9.21
v2.9.21rc1
v2.9.20
v2.9.20rc1
v2.9.19
v2.9.19rc1
v2.9.18
v2.9.18rc1
v2.9.17
v2.9.17rc1
v2.9.16
v2.9.16rc1
v2.9.15
v2.9.15rc1
v2.9.14
v2.9.14rc1
v2.9.13
v2.9.12
v2.9.11
v2.9.10
v2.9.9
v2.9.8
v2.9.7
v2.9.6
v2.9.5
v2.9.4
v2.9.3
v2.9.2
v2.9.1
v2.9.0
v2.9.0rc5
v2.9.0rc4
v2.9.0rc3
v2.9.0rc2
v2.9.0rc1
v2.9.0b1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
