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CVE-2016-8628

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.

Published

2018-07-31T20:29:00.323

Last Modified

2024-11-21T02:59:42.990

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.6 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-77
Type: Primary
CWE-77

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	redhat	ansible	< 2.2.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)