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TI-2021-02636 Aliases CVE-2021-3702GHSA-772j-xvf9-qpf5

Race condition in ansible-runner

Priority LOW 27CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00204 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ansible-runner (PyPI): 2.1.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—ansible-runnerAffects ansible-runner 2.0—No fix listedCNA
—ansible-runner (PyPI)2.0.0 to before 2.1.02.1.0Patch availableGHSA-772j-xvf9-qpf5
  • ansible-runner Vendor— Affected Affects ansible-runner 2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansible-runner (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available GHSA-772j-xvf9-qpf5

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner:2.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner:2.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-772j-xvf9-qpf5 ansible-runner (PyPI) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 11 products
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 (Train)
  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3702
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-772j-xvf9-qpf5

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2021-02929 Improper input validation in ansible-runner CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-02635 Incorrect default permissions in ansible-runner CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6

Sources

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