{"id":"CVE-2021-3701","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-wwch-cmqr-hhrm","PYSEC-2022-43067"],"modified":"2026-07-09T01:25:49.083204Z","published":"2022-08-23T16:15:09.500Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3701"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/issues/738"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977959"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commits"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner","events":[{"introduced":"a869b638d6afaf99cd2a59627bbdea2ef72a3b3f"},{"last_affected":"a869b638d6afaf99cd2a59627bbdea2ef72a3b3f"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_runner:2.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0-NA"},{"last_affected":"2.0.0-NA"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["2.0.0-NA","2.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3701.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}