# CVE-2021-41111: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Rundeck

> Authenticated users can bypass project isolation to read webhook definitions and tokens from other projects, potentially triggering sensitive actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mfqj-f22m-gv8j

## What is CVE-2021-41111?

CVE-2021-41111 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rundeck, published on 28 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Rundeck is an open source automation service with a web console, command line tools and a WebAPI. Prior to versions 3.4.5 and 3.3.15, an authenticated user with authorization to read webhooks in one project can craft a request to reveal Webhook definitions and tokens in another project. The user could use the revealed webhook tokens to trigger webhooks. Severity depends on trust level of authenticated users and whether any webhooks exist that trigger sensitive actions. There are patches for this vulnerability in versions 3.4.5 and 3.3.15. There are currently no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41111?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pagerduty Rundeck.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-41111?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41111 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-41111 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in rundeck

- [CVE-2022-29186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29186/): Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in rundeck/rundeck, rundeckpro/enterprise (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-39132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39132/): YAML deserialization can run untrusted code (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-48222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48222/): Authenticated users can view or delete jobs they do not have authorization for in Rundeck (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-41112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41112/): Missing Authorization in Rundeck (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-31044](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31044/): Plaintext Storage of Keys and Passwords in Rundeck and PagerDuty Process Automation (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-41111 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-41111 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rundeck, published on 28 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: rundeck. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41111/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41111/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41111
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41111
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-41111

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41111/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.