CVE-2021-3583

HIGH

Ansible Automation Platform - Code Injection via Template Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible, where a user's controller is vulnerable to template injection. This issue can occur through facts used in the template if the user is trying to put templates in multi-line YAML strings and the facts being handled do not routinely include special template characters. This flaw allows attackers to perform command injection, which discloses sensitive information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 51.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-94 CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
pypi/ansible 0 - 2.9.23rc1PyPI
redhat/ansible_automation_platform 1.2
redhat/ansible_engine < 2.9.23
redhat/ansible_tower < 3.7.0
Published Sep 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026