Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3702
CVE-2021-3702
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
ansible-runnerPyPI | >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner:2.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ansible-runner/ansible-runnerdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commitsnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3702nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-772j-xvf9-qpf5ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3702ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/commit/93e95a3df9021a38010386d07df121392d249253ghsaWEB
- github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742ghsaPACKAGE
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible-runner/PYSEC-2022-43068.yamlghsaWEB
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