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Incorrect Default Permissions

CVE-2021-3701

Severity Medium
Score 6.6/10

Summary

A flaw was found in ansible-runner where the default temporary files configuration in ansible 2.0.x prior to 2.0.1 are written to world R/W locations. This flaw allows an attacker to pre-create the directory, resulting in reading private information or forcing ansible-runner to write files as the legitimate user in a place they did not expect. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published