Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2021-4112

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in ansible-tower. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a ansible-tower Fixed in ansible-tower 3.8.5

Weakness: CWE-552

References