CVE-2021-20253

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-20253
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-09 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-02 16:35:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in ansible-tower. The default installation is vulnerable to Job Isolation escape allowing an attacker to elevate the privilege from a low privileged user to the awx user from outside the isolated environment. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-552

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All

References

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1928847 – (CVE-2021-20253) CVE-2021-20253 ansible-tower: Privilege escalation via job isolation escape MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 14011 Ansible Tower Security Update 3.8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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