CVE-2021-4112

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4112
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-25 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:43:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-552

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Automation Platform Early Access 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Automation Platform Text-only Advisories - All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
2028121 – (CVE-2021-4112) CVE-2021-4112 ansible-tower: Privilege escalation via job isolation escape MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
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