CVE-2021-3583: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in Ansible, where a user's controller is vulnerable to template injection. This issue can occur through facts used in the template if the user is trying to put templates in multi-line YAML strings and the facts being handled do not routinely include special template characters. This flaw allows attackers to perform command injection, which discloses sensitive information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Affected products

• Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: version 1.2 only
• Red Hat Ansible Engine: before 2.9.23 (fixed in 2.9.23)
• Red Hat Ansible Tower: before 3.7.0 (fixed in 3.7.0)

Published 2021-09-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.