CVE-2021-3702

Description

A race condition flaw was found in ansible-runner, where an attacker could watch for rapid creation and deletion of a temporary directory, substitute their directory at that name, and then have access to ansible-runner's private_data_dir the next time ansible-runner made use of the private_data_dir. The highest Threat out of this flaw is to integrity and confidentiality.

Category

6.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a ansible-runner
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commits third party advisory patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977965 issue tracking patch vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3702 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-3702?
CVE-2021-3702 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-3702?
To fix CVE-2021-3702, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-3702 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-3702 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-3702?
CVE-2021-3702 affects n/a ansible-runner.
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