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TI-2021-02990 Aliases CVE-2021-4112GHSA-2q78-vv73-5vr2

A flaw was found in ansible-tower where the default installation is vulnerable to job…

Priority LOW 38CWE-552Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-552.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00248 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—ansible-towerFixed in ansible-tower 3.8.5—No fix listedCNA
  • ansible-tower Vendor— Affected Fixed in ansible-tower 3.8.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_early_access:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_text-only_advisories:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0Running onRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_early_access:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_text-only_advisories:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Running on ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:0482 Released 2022-02-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Ansible Tower 3.8 security update
    • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 7
    • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 8
  • RHSA-2022:0474 Released 2022-02-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 ansible-runner security update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8 ansible-runner-2.0.3-3.el8ap, python38-ansible-runner-2.0.3-3.el8ap
  • RHSA-2022:0460 Released 2022-02-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 ansible-runner security update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8 ansible-runner-2.1.1-2.el8ap, python38-ansible-runner-2.1.1-2.el8ap

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2022:0474
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2022:0460
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2022:0482
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2022:0482

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-4112
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2q78-vv73-5vr2

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-35991 Starlette has missing Host header validation that poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-34281 JavaScript Cookie: Per-instance prototype hijack in assign() enables cookie-attribute injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-28834 jq: Out-of-Bounds Read in jv_parse_sized() Error Formatting for Non-NUL-Terminated Counted Buffers CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-32429 Axios: Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2023-27712 Python-cryptography: bleichenbacher timing oracle attack against rsa decryption - incomplete fix for cve-2020-25659 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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