CVE-2021-4112

moderate-risk

Published 2022-08-25

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.

Do I need to act?

0.12% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Ansible Automation Platform Early Access

Ansible Automation Platform Text-Only Advisories

Ansible Tower

Ansible Automation Platform

Affected Vendors

Redhat

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4112

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2028121

Vendor Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4112

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2028121

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moderate-risk

Severity 27/34 · High

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 12/34 · Low