CVE-2021-3589 json
Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Foreman Ansible
published 2022-03-23 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vvff-6wrr-4g7q , EUVD-2022-1555
- cvss
- 8.0
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.0%
- EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An authorization flaw was found in Foreman Ansible. An authenticated attacker with certain permissions to create and run Ansible jobs can access hosts through job templates. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Patch / fix
- rubygems foreman_ansible 2.0.0
- theforeman foreman_ansible 7.1.0
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2021-3589 updated cvss 8.0
foreman_ansible: authenticated user can access host through job_template
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Red Hat Satellite 6 tfm-rubygem-foreman_ansibleaffected: no fix available
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | foreman_ansible | <2.0.0 |
2.0.0 |
Affected products
- n/a Foreman Ansible
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
References
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1969265
web, issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory
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github.com
/theforeman/foreman_ansible/commit/a5e0827bc3ec6c8ab82f968907857a15646305d5
web
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access.redhat.com
/security/cve/CVE-2021-3589
web, vendor-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3589
advisory
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github.com
/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/foreman_ansible/CVE-2021-3589.yml
web
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github.com
/theforeman/foreman_ansible
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-3589
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vvff-6wrr-4g7q
- NVD CVE-2021-3589
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