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CVE-2021-3583

Published: Sep 22, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
7.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 46.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A 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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-20CWE-94

Affected Products

ansiblen/a
ansiblePyPIOSS Libraries
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
AnsibleRed Hat Inc.
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 5 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1968412
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
lists.debian.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3583
nvd.nist.gov
and 15 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 22, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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