CVE-2021-3583

Public on 2021-09-22
Modified on 2023-09-26
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Ansible2 Extra ansible 2023-08-04 ALAS2ANSIBLE2-2023-001 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 ansible-core Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N