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SCA: security update for ansible-runner (GHSA-wwch-cmqr-hhrm)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420150

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A flaw was found in ansible-runner where the default temporary files configuration in ansible-2.0.0 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.
 (CVE-2021-3701)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwch-cmqr-hhrm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420150

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3701

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 3.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3701

cwe: CWE-276