{"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":"2026-04-10T04:35:00.972660Z","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":"0"},{"last_affected":"a869b638d6afaf99cd2a59627bbdea2ef72a3b3f"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.0.0-NA"}]}}],"versions":["1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3","1.0.4","1.0.5","1.1.0","1.1.1","1.1.2","1.2.0","1.3.0","1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3","1.3.4","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4","1.4.5","1.4.6","2.0.0","2.0.0-alpha1","2.0.0-alpha2","2.0.0-alpha3","2.0.0a5","2.0.0b1","2.0.0rc1","2.0.0rc2","2.0.0rc3"],"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"}]}