Description
A flaw was found in ansible-tower. The default installation is vulnerable to Job Isolation escape allowing an attacker to elevate the privilege from a low privileged user to the awx user from outside the isolated environment. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ansible-tower | ansible-tower 3.8.2, ansible-tower 3.7.5, ansible-tower 3.6.7 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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mbadanoiu/CVE-2021-20253 ★ 1 · Nov 25, 2023
CVE-2021-20253: Privilege Escalation via Job Isolation Escape in Ansible Tower
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2022-1352 Ansible Tower: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jun 7, 2026