CVE-2016-8628 – ansible

Package

Manager: pip
Name: ansible
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <2.2.0.0

Severity

Level: Critical

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

EPSS: 0.00496 pctl0.64793

Details

Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.

Metadata

Created: 2018-10-10T17:23:14Z
Modified: 2024-09-04T19:00:55Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-77"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq
Finding: F422
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