Red Hat Ansible Template command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Red Hat Ansible. This impacts an unknown function of the component Template Handler. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-3583. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible (version now known). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 09/22/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-3583 since 06/07/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/23/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214484 (Debian dla-3695 : ansible - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214484). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 214484
Nessus Name: Debian dla-3695 : ansible - security update

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/07/2021 🔍
09/22/2021 +107 days 🔍
09/22/2021 +0 days 🔍
01/23/2025 +1219 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2021-3583 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-3583
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-183203

Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2021 18:48
Updated: 01/23/2025 02:48
Changes: 09/22/2021 18:48 (35), 10/01/2021 09:28 (1), 10/01/2021 09:33 (1), 08/22/2022 09:56 (2), 01/23/2025 02:48 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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