CVE-2021-4112 describes a job isolation escape vulnerability in Ansible Tower and related Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform products. This flaw allows a low-privileged user to elevate their privileges to an AWX user from outside the isolated environment. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available and it is not on the KEV catalog, the potential for privilege escalation warrants attention. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_early_access:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_text-only_advisories:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.