CVE-2021-3701

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    CVE-2021-3701

    Published: 23 Aug 2022Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- a869b638d6afaf99cd2a59627bbdea2ef72a3b3f
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.0-NA
    2.0.0

    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
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