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CVE-2021-3701: PYSEC-2022-43067 - A flaw was found in ansible-runner where the default temporary files configuration in ansible-2.0.0 are written to world R/W locations. This

CVE-2021-3701 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-08-23

Technologies: ansible-runner (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Executive brief

A flaw was found in ansible-runner where the default temporary files configuration in ansible-2.0.0 are written to world R/W locations. This flaw allows an attacker to pre-create the directory, resulting in reading private information or forcing ansible-runner to write files as the legitimate user in a place they did not expect. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Affected products

  • PyPI ansible-runner

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