CVE-2021-4112

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.25% (16th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in ansible-tower where the default installation is vulnerable to job isolation escape. This flaw allows an attacker to elevate the privilege from a low privileged user to an AWX user from outside the isolated environment.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0460
Fixedansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0460
Fixedpython38-ansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0460
Fixedansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0474
Fixedansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0474
Fixedpython38-ansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0474
FixedRed Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
This update applies a vulnerability fix to the ansible-tower and ansible-runner rpms. Apply this fix by running the platform installer (setup.sh).
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0482
FixedRed Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
This update applies a vulnerability fix to the ansible-tower and ansible-runner rpms. Apply this fix by running the platform installer (setup.sh).
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0482
Workaroundansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
Workaroundansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
Workaroundpython38-ansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
Workaroundansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
Workaroundansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
Workaroundpython38-ansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
WorkaroundRed Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
WorkaroundRed Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 6

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-552USCWE-552US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a ansible-tower≤ Fixed in ansible-tower 3.8.5enisa_euvdEU
redhat ansible automation platform= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible automation platform= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible automation platform early access= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_early_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible automation platform text-only advisoriesall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_text-only_advisories:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible tower= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:3.8::el7
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8 for RHEL 8all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:3.8::el8
ansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
ansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
ansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
ansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python38-ansible-runner-0:2.0.3-3.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python38-ansible-runner-0:2.1.1-2.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2022:0460Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 ansible-runner security update2022-02-08csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for ansible-runner for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2022:0474Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 ansible-runner security update2022-02-08csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for ansible-runner for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2022:0482Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Ansible Tower 3.8 security update2022-02-08csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-08-25modified 2026-06-17

references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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