Server side template injection In ansible

Description

Code Injection, Race Condition, and Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Ansible A flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all versions 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x prior to 2.7.17, 2.8.11, and 2.9.7 respectively, when using ansible_facts as a subkey of itself and promoting it to a variable when inject is enabled, overwriting the ansible_facts after the clean. An attacker could take advantage of this by altering the ansible_facts, such as ansible_hosts, users and any other key data which would lead into privilege escalation or code injection.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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