High severity · published Aug 25, 2022
CVE-2021-4112
A flaw was found in ansible-tower where the default installation is vulnerable to job isolation escape
8.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Ansible Automation Platform · Redhat
2.0; 2.1 · source: NVD
AA
Ansible Automation Platform Early Access · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
AA
Ansible Automation Platform Text-only Advisories · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AT
Ansible Tower · Redhat
3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4112
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4112
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4112
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2028121
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