CVE-2021-3583

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3583
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-22 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-28 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-94

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3695-1] ansible security update lists.debian.org
1968412 – (CVE-2021-3583) CVE-2021-3583 ansible: Template Injection through yaml multi-line strings with ansible facts used in template. MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 182514 Debian Security Update for ansibleansible-core (CVE-2021-3583)
  • 239484 Red Hat Update for Ansible (RHSA-2021:2664)
  • 239485 Red Hat Update for Ansible (RHSA-2021:2663)
  • 281674 Fedora Security Update for ansible (FEDORA-2021-574ee4dd30)
  • 281675 Fedora Security Update for ansible (FEDORA-2021-4ad7c70d71)
  • 356238 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ansible : ALASANSIBLE2-2023-001
  • 356502 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ansible : ALAS2ANSIBLE2-2023-001
  • 6000405 Debian Security Update for ansible (DLA 3695-1)
  • 690099 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for ansible (4c9159ea-d4c9-11eb-aeee-8c164582fbac)
  • 752570 SUSE Enterprise Linux Important for SUSE Manager Client Tools (SUSE-SU-2022:3178-1)
  • 900417 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for ansible (6009)
  • 900897 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for ansible (6305-1)
  • 980519 Python (pip) Security Update for ansible (GHSA-2pfh-q76x-gwvm)
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report