CVE-2021-4112

A flaw was found in ansible-tower where the default installation is vulnerable to job isolation escape. This flaw allows an attacker to elevate the privilege from a low privileged user to an AWX user from outside the isolated environment.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4112	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2028121	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_early_access:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_text-only_advisories:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-08-25 20:15

Updated : 2023-02-12 23:43

NVD link : CVE-2021-4112

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4112

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-4112

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

ansible_automation_platform_early_access
ansible_automation_platform_text-only_advisories
ansible_tower
enterprise_linux
ansible_automation_platform

CWE

CWE-552

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

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