ghsa-wwch-cmqr-hhrm
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-08-24 00:00
Modified
2024-11-26 16:10
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
ansible-runner has default temporary files written to world R/W locations
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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible-runner"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3701"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-276"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-09-01T22:18:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-23T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-wwch-cmqr-hhrm",
  "modified": "2024-11-26T16:10:02Z",
  "published": "2022-08-24T00:00:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3701"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/issues/738"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commits"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3701"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977959"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible-runner/PYSEC-2022-43067.yaml"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "ansible-runner has default temporary files written to world R/W locations"
}


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