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CVE-2021-3702

6.3 · MEDIUM

A race condition flaw was found in ansible-runner, where an attacker could watch for rapid creation and deletion of a temporary directory, substitute their directory at that name, and then have acc…

Published Aug 23, 2022CWE-362EPSS 0.20%

Overview

CVE-2021-3702 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 23, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

A race condition flaw was found in ansible-runner, where an attacker could watch for rapid creation and deletion of a temporary directory, substitute their directory at that name, and then have access to ansible-runner's private_data_dir the next time ansible-runner made use of the private_data_dir. The highest Threat out of this flaw is to integrity and confidentiality.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refaccess.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3702Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977965GitHubgithub.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commitsRefaccess.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3702Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977965GitHubgithub.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commits

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3702?

CVE-2021-3702 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 23, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2021-3702?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2021-3702?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2021-3702?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2021-3702 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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