What is CVE-2021-3583?

CVE-2021-3583 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2021-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-3583?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

RCE in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

CVE-2021-3583

A flaw was found in Ansible, where a user's controller is vulnerable to template injection. This issue can occur through facts used in the template if the user is trying to put templates in multi-line YAML strings and the facts being handled do not routinely include special template characters. This flaw allows attackers to perform command injection, which discloses sensitive information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Redhat Ansible_automation_platform — versions 1.2
Redhat Ansible_engine
Redhat Ansible_tower
N/a Ansible — versions ansible_tower 3.7, ansible_engine 2.9.23

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3583?: CVE-2021-3583 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2021-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-3583?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.