# CVE-2021-41112: Missing Authorization in Rundeck

> Authenticated users can modify or delete system calendars, potentially altering scheduled job execution without proper authorization.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **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-f68p-c9wh-j2q8

## What is CVE-2021-41112?

CVE-2021-41112 is a high-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. In versions prior to 3.4.5, authenticated users could craft a request to modify or delete System or Project level Calendars, without appropriate authorization. Modifying or removing calendars could cause Scheduled Jobs to execute, or not execute on desired calendar days. Severity depends on trust level of authenticated users and impact of running or not running scheduled jobs on days governed by calendar definitions. Version 3.4.5 contains a patch for this issue. There are currently no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41112?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pagerduty Rundeck.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-41112?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-41112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41112 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-2022-31044](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31044/): Plaintext Storage of Keys and Passwords in Rundeck and PagerDuty Process Automation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-39133](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39133/): Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) can run untrusted code on Rundeck server (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-41112 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-41112 is a high-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-2021-41112 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-2021-41112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41112/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41112
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41112
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-41112

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41112/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.