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CVE-2021-3701

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.6 Published: 2022-08-23 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Ansible Runner

Weakness Type

CWE-276, CWE-276

References